Thermal biology of a colour-dimorphic snake, Elaphe quadrivirgata, in a montane forest: Do melanistic snakes enjoy thermal advantages?

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 309-322

  Tanaka, Koji ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Body temperature; Coloration; Operative environmental temperature; Radiotelemetry; Set point range; Thermoregulation; Yakushima Island

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; BODY TEMPERATURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIMORPHISM; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; HABITAT QUALITY; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; LABORATORY METHOD; MELANIN; MICROHABITAT; MONTANE FOREST; RADIOTELEMETRY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SNAKE; THERMOREGULATION;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN; KAGOSHIMA [KYUSHU]; KYUSHU; YAKUSHIMA;

ANIMALIA; ELAPHE QUADRIVIRGATA; SERPENTES;

EID: 34548746881     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: 10958312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2007.00849.x     Document Type: Article

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