How a heavy-bodied snake strikes quickly: High-power axial musculature in the puff adder (Bitis arietans)

Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A: Ecological Genetics and Physiology

Volumn 313 A, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 114-121

  Young, Bruce A ^a  

^a WASHBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BITIS ARIETANS; SERPENTES;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HISTOLOGY; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PHYSIOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SNAKE; VIDEORECORDING;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; VIDEO RECORDING; VIPERIDAE;

EID: 76749164999     PISSN: 19325223     EISSN: 19325231     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jez.579     Document Type: Article

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