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قراءة كتاب Natural History of Cottonmouth Moccasin, Agkistrodon piscovorus (Reptilia)
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Natural History of Cottonmouth Moccasin, Agkistrodon piscovorus (Reptilia)
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University of Kansas Publications
Museum of Natural History
Vol. 17, No. 9, pp. 435-491, 7 figures in text
October 27, 1966
Natural History of Cottonmouth Moccasin,
Agkistrodon piscivorus (Reptilia)
BY
RAY D. BURKETT
University of Kansas
Lawrence
1966
University of Kansas Publications, Museum of Natural History
Editors: E. Raymond Hall, Chairman, Henry S. Fitch,
Frank B. Cross
Vol. 17, No. 9, pp. 435-491, 7 figures in text
Published October 27, 1966
University of Kansas
Lawrence, Kansas
PRINTED BY
ROBERT R. (BOB) SANDERS, STATE PRINTER
TOPEKA, KANSAS
1966
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Natural History of Cottonmouth Moccasin,
Agkistrodon piscivorus (Reptilia)
BY
RAY D. BURKETT
CONTENTS
| PAGE | ||
| Introduction | 439 | |
| Acknowledgments | 440 | |
| Systematic Relationships and Distribution | 441 | |
| Description | 444 | |
| Color and Pattern | 444 | |
| Scutellation | 444 | |
| Dentition | 449 | |
| Habitat and Limiting Factors | 450 | |
| Reproduction | 452 | |
| Courtship and Mating | 452 | |
| Reproductive Cycles | 452 | |
| Embryonic Development | 454 | |
| Birth of Young | 454 | |
| Number of Young per Litter | 454 | |
| Population Composition | 455 | |
| Reproductive Potential | 455 | |
| Growth and Development | 456 | |
| Size at Birth and Early Growth | 456 | |
| The Umbilical Scar | 457 | |
| Later Growth and Bodily Proportions | 457 | |
| Shedding | 459 | |
| The Shedding Operation | 459 | |
| Frequency of Shedding | ||