Does the thermal advantage of melanism produce size differences in color-dimorphic snakes?

Zoological Science

Volumn 26, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 698-703

  Tanaka, Koji ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Body size; Color dimorphism; Elaphe quadrivirgata; Thermal melanism; Yakushima Island

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; FEMALE; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PIGMENTATION; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SNAKE; THERMOREGULATION;

ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; FEMALE; MALE; PIGMENTATION; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SNAKES;

ELAPHE QUADRIVIRGATA; SERPENTES;

EID: 70450267611     PISSN: 02890003     EISSN: 02890003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2108/zsj.26.698     Document Type: Article

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