Sexual size dimorphism of the tongue in a North American pitviper

Journal of Zoology

Volumn 274, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 367-374

  Smith, C F ^a   Schwenk, K ^a   Earley, R L ^b   Schuett, G W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemical trails; Chemoreception; Prey and mate searching; Reptile; Snake; Tongue; Tropotaxis; Vomeronasal organs

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; CHEMORECEPTION; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; MATE LOCATION; PREY LOCATION; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM; SEXUAL SELECTION; SNAKE;

AGKISTRODON; AGKISTRODON CONTORTRIX; ANIMALIA; REPTILIA; SERPENTES; SQUAMATA; TETRAPODA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 41749124117     PISSN: 09528369     EISSN: 14697998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7998.2007.00396.x     Document Type: Article

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