The phylogenetic distribution and morphological variation of the 'pouch' in female snakes

Acta Zoologica

Volumn 93, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 400-408

  Siegel, Dustin S ^a   Miralles, Aurélien ^b   Trauth, Stanley E ^c   Aldridge, Robert D ^a  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

^c ARKANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cloaca; Colubroides; Pouch; Serpentes; Urodaeum

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FEMALE; MORPHOLOGY; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYLOGENY; SNAKE; TAXONOMY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ATRACTASPIDIDAE; SERPENTES;

EID: 84866304121     PISSN: 00017272     EISSN: 14636395     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-6395.2011.00514.x     Document Type: Article

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