Female sex-pheromone volatility and male uric acid excretion during courtship in captive African brown house snakes, Lamprophis fuliginosus

Amphibia Reptilia

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 576-582

  Aldridge, Robert D ^a   Bufalino, Angelo P ^a   Robison, Curtis ^a   Salgado, Carlos ^a   Khayyat, Phillip ^a  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COURTSHIP; SEX PHEROMONE; SNAKE;

LAMPROPHIS FULIGINOSUS; SERPENTES;

EID: 33745944937     PISSN: 01735373     EISSN: 15685381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156853805774806340     Document Type: Article

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