Timing of reproduction of a cold desert viperid snake from North America, the Great Basin rattlesnake (Crotalus lutosus)

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 73, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 719-725

  Glaudas, X ^a   Goldberg, S R ^b   Hamilton, B T ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b WHITTIER COLLEGE   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Great Basin National Park   (United States)

Author keywords

Reptilia; Serpentes; Sexual segment of kidney; Spermatogenesis; Squamates; Vitellogenesis

Indexed keywords

BREEDING SEASON; REPRODUCTIVE CYCLE; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SNAKE; SPERM;

NORTH AMERICA;

CROTALUS; CROTALUS OREGANUS LUTOSUS; REPTILIA; SERPENTES; SQUAMATA; VIPERIDAE;

EID: 67349123695     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: 1095922X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaridenv.2009.02.005     Document Type: Article

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