Reproductive ecology of dipsadine snakes, with emphasis on South American species

Herpetologica

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 168-179

  Pizzatto, Lígia ^a,c   Cantor, Maurício ^a   De Oliveira, Juliana Lima ^b   Marques, Otavio A V ^c   Capovilla, Vinicius ^a   Martins, Maroio ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c INSTITUTO BUTANTAN   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Dipsadinae; Fecundity; Follicular cycle; Reproduction; Sexual size dimorphism; Sexual tail dimorphism; Testicular cycle

Indexed keywords

FECUNDITY; PHYLOGENETICS; PREY AVAILABILITY; REPRODUCTIVE CYCLE; SEASONALITY; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM; SEXUAL MATURITY; SNAKE; SPECIES OCCURRENCE;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; SOUTH AMERICA;

ATRACTUS; DIPSADINAE; DIPSAS; DIPSAS CATESBYI; DIPSAS NEIVAI; HYPSIGLENA TORQUATA; IMANTODES CENCHOA; LEPTODEIRA ANNULATA; LEPTODEIRA MACULATA; NINIA MACULATA; SERPENTES; SIBON;

EID: 47749154812     PISSN: 00180831     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1655/07-031.1     Document Type: Article

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