Notes on the biology of the slider, Trachemys scripta elegans (Reptilia: Emydidae), inhabiting man-made cattle ponds in West Texas

Texas Journal of Science

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 191-206

  Rose, Francis L ^a   Manning, Richard W ^a  

^a Texas State University   (United States)

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TRACHEMYS SCRIPTA;

EID: 0029959871     PISSN: 00404403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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