Reproductive and feeding biology of the pitviper Rhinocerophis alternatus from subtropical Brazil

Herpetological Journal

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 31-39

  Nunes, Simone de Fátima ^a   Kaefer, Igor Luis ^a   Leite, Pedro Terra ^a   Cechin, Sonia Zanini ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA MARIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Bothrops; Diet; Morphology; Reproduction; Serpentes; Viperidae

Indexed keywords

BOTHROPS; CAVIIDAE; DIDELPHIDAE; METATHERIA; MURIDAE; RODENTIA; SERPENTES; VIPERIDAE;

EID: 77952960249     PISSN: 02680130     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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