Defensive blood squirting in Phrynosoma ditmarsi and a high rate of human-induced blood squirting in Phrynosoma asio

Southwestern Naturalist

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 267-270

  Hodges, Wendy L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASIO; CANIS; CANIS FAMILIARIS; PHRYNOSOMA ASIO; PHRYNOSOMA BRACONNIERI; PHRYNOSOMA CORNUTUM; PHRYNOSOMA DITMARSI; PHRYNOSOMA ORBICULARE; PHRYNOSOMA SOLARE; PHRYNOSOMA TAURUS;

EID: 2942702325     PISSN: 00384909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1894/0038-4909(2004)049<0267:DBSIPD>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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