First report of snake fungal disease from Michigan, USA involving Massasaugas, Sistrurus catenatus (Rafinesque 1818)

Herpetology Notes

Volumn 8, Issue , 2015, Pages 31-33

  Tetzlaff, Sasha ^a,d   Allender, Matthew ^b,c   Ravesi, Michael ^a   Smith, Joseph ^d   Kingsbury, Bruce ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY FORT WAYNE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

^d Fort Wayne Children’s Zoo ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SISTRURUS; SISTRURUS CATENATUS;

EID: 84937041278     PISSN: 20715773     EISSN: 20715773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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