Phenotypic variation in hatchling Chinese ratsnakes (Zaocys dhumnades) from eggs incubated at constant temperatures

Journal of Thermal Biology

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 28-33

  Lin, Long Hui ^a   Ma, Xiao Mei ^a   Li, Hong ^b   Ji, Xiang ^a,b  

^a HANGZHOU NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NANJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Colubridae; Egg incubation; Hatching success; Hatchling phenotype; Temperature; Zaocys dhumnades

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CARCASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EGG YOLK; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; HATCHING; HATCHLING; INCUBATION TEMPERATURE; INCUBATION TIME; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SNAKE; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; ZAOCYS DHUMNADES;

COLUBRIDAE; ZAOCYS DHUMNADES;

EID: 73149105707     PISSN: 03064565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtherbio.2009.10.004     Document Type: Article

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