Marine invasions by non-sea snakes, with thoughts on terrestrial-aquatic- marine transitions

Integrative and Comparative Biology

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 217-226

  Murphy, John C ^a  

^a FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; AQUATIC SPECIES; CLASSIFICATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION; FOSSIL; GEOGRAPHY; LIMNOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SNAKE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; AQUATIC ORGANISMS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; ECOSYSTEM; FOSSILS; FRESHWATER BIOLOGY; GEOGRAPHY; PHYLOGENY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SNAKES;

EID: 84867318892     PISSN: 15407063     EISSN: 15577023     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icb/ics060     Document Type: Conference Paper

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