Early Growth of Elaphe quadrivirgata from an Insular Gigantic Population

Current Herpetology

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 43-50

  Mori, Akira ^a   Hasegawa, Masami ^b  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOHO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Elaphe quadrivirgata; Growth; Insular gigantism; Izu Islands; Snake

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547783180     PISSN: 13455834     EISSN: 18811019     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5358/hsj.21.43     Document Type: Article

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