Reproductive strategies of sympatric Bitis gabonica and Bitis nasicornis (Viperidae) in the Niger Delta (Port Harcourt, Nigeria): preliminary data

Amphibia Reptilia

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 223-229

  Luiselli, Luca ^a   Akani, Godfrey C ^b   Angelici, Francesco M ^a   Barieenee, Ikomah F ^c  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b RIVERS STATE UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Nigeria)

^c Federal Department of Forestry   (Nigeria)

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EID: 0000106709     PISSN: 01735373     EISSN: 15685381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156853898X00511     Document Type: Article

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