Reproductive characteristics of elaphe quadrivirgata (serpentes: Colubridae) from ecologically dissimilar main island and island populations

Journal of Natural History

Volumn 45, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 211-226

  Tanaka, Koji ^a   Mori, Akira ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Allometry; Clutch size; Egg size; Geographic variation; Life history

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRY; BODY SIZE; CLUTCH SIZE; EGG SIZE; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; HABITAT USE; LIFE HISTORY; LIZARD; LOCAL ADAPTATION; MORPHOLOGY; OVIPOSITION; PADDY FIELD; SNAKE;

HONSHU; JAPAN; KAGOSHIMA [KYUSHU]; KINKI; KYUSHU; SHIGA; YAKUSHIMA;

ANURA; COLUBRIDAE; ELAPHE QUADRIVIRGATA; SERPENTES; SQUAMATA;

EID: 78650382007     PISSN: 00222933     EISSN: 14645262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2010.522262     Document Type: Article

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