Growth Rates, Maturation and Sexual Size Dimorphism in a Population of Grass Snakes, Natrix natrix, in Southern Sweden
- 1 February 1983
- Vol. 40 (2), 277-282
- https://doi.org/10.2307/3544592
Abstract
Growth rate and age at sexual maturation in male and female grass snakes are examined. Females were found to grow faster, and to reach a larger size than males....This publication has 6 references indexed in Scilit:
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