Snake mating systems, behavior, and evolution: The revisionary implications of recent findings

Journal of Comparative Psychology

Volumn 119, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 447-454

  Rivas, Jesús A ^a   Burghardt, Gordon M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SNAKE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALS; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; MALE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SNAKES; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 33646459396     PISSN: 07357036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0735-7036.119.4.447     Document Type: Article

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