Reproductive biology of the swamp racer Mastigodryas bifossatus (Serpentes: Colubridae) in subtropical Brazil

Reproductive biology of the swamp racer Mastigodryas bifossatus (Serpentes: Colubridae) in subtropical Brazil

The swamp racer Mastigodryas bifossatus (Raddi, 1820) is a large snake of Colubrinae. It is widely distributed in open areas throughout South America. Dissection of 224 specimens of this species housed in herpetological collections of the southern Brazilian states of Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarin...

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Main Authors:	Pedro T. Leite, Simone de F. Nunes, Igor L. Kaefer, Sonia Z. Cechin
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Sociedade Brasileira de Zoologia 2009-03-01
Series:	Zoologia (Curitiba)
Subjects:	Fecundity neotropics reproduction reproductive cycle sexual dimorphism
Online Access:	http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1984-46702009000100003

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