Observations on the Foraging Behavior of the Jamaican Boa, Epicrates subflavus

Herpetological Review

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 72-73

  Prior, Kent A ^a   Gibson, Richard C ^b  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Jersey Wildlife Preservation Trust   (United Kingdom)

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