Dentitional specialisations for durophagy in the Common Wolf snake, Lycodon aulicus capucinus

Amphibia Reptilia

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 247-254

  Jackson, Kate ^a   Fritts, Thomas H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DENTITION; SNAKE; SPECIALIZATION;

CANIS; DIASTEMA; LYCODON; SCINCIDAE; SERPENTES; SQUAMATA;

EID: 7244227875     PISSN: 01735373     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/1568538041975134     Document Type: Article

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