Swimming and pregnancy in tiger snakes, Notechis scutatus

Amphibia Reptilia

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 396-400

  Aubret, Fabien ^a,b,c   Bonnet, Xavier ^a   Shine, Richard ^d   Maumelat, Stéphanie ^b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE POITIERS   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SEXUAL REPRODUCTION; SNAKE; SWIMMING BEHAVIOR;

NOTECHIS SCUTATUS; SPILOTES PULLATUS PULLATUS;

EID: 33745959451     PISSN: 01735373     EISSN: 15685381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156853805774408559     Document Type: Article

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