Social Behavior Displayed by the Green Pit Viper Trimeresurus (Cryptelytrops) macrops

Authors

  • Curt Hrad Barnes Suranaree University of Technology, Nakhon Ratchasima, THAILAND
  • William Farren Sakaerat Conservation and Snake Education Team, Sakaerat Environmental Research Station, Nakhon Ratchasima, THAILAND
  • Colin T. Strine Sakaerat Conservation and Snake Education Team, Sakaerat Environmental Research Station, Nakhon Ratchasima, THAILAND
  • Pongthep Suwanwaree Suranaree University of Technology, Nakhon Ratchasima, THAILAND

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2020-03-23

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Barnes, C.H., Farren, W. , Strine, C.T. and Suwanwaree, P. 2020. Social Behavior Displayed by the Green Pit Viper Trimeresurus (Cryptelytrops) macrops. Tropical Natural History. 20, 1 (Mar. 2020), 95–103.

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Vol. 20 No. 1 (2020): April

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