Thermal Aspects of Melanistic and Striped Morphs of the Snake Elaphe quadrivirgata

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• Publication year

  2005

• Venue

  Zoological Science

• Publication date

  2005-11-01

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.2108/zsj.22.1173PMID 16357466
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