What, if anything, is a 'typical' viper? Biological attributes of basal viperid snakes (genus Causus Wagler, 1830)

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 89, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 575-588

  Ineich, I ^a   Bonnet, X ^b,c   Shine, R ^c   Shine, T ^c   Brischoux, F ^b,d   Lebreton, M ^e   Chirio, L ^a  

^a MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE TOURS   (France)

^e Johns Hopkins Cameroon Program   (Cameroon)

Author keywords

Cold climates; Phylogeny; Tropical climates; Viperidae

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; FECUNDITY; PHYLOGENETICS; PREDATION; SNAKE; TAXONOMY;

ANURA; CAUSUS; CROTALUS; MAMMALIA; SERPENTES; VIPERIDAE; VIPERINAE;

EID: 33751201816     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: 10958312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2006.00690.x     Document Type: Article

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