Effects of Incubation Temperature on Behavior of Young Black Racers (Coluber constrictor) and Kingsnakes (Lampropeltis getulus)
- 1 June 1990
- journal article
- research article
- Published by JSTOR in Journal of Herpetology
- Vol. 24 (2) , 158-163
- https://doi.org/10.2307/1564223
Abstract
Eggs of black racers (Coluber constrictor) incubated at 28 C hatched in 39-40 days (N = 7) compared to 62-63 days (N = 7) for eggs incubated at 22 C. Although m...This publication has 12 references indexed in Scilit:
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