Ecological notes on an isolated population of the snake Elaphe Quatuorlineata

Herpetological Journal

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 53-55

  Rugeiro, Lorenzo ^a   Luiselli, Luca ^b  

^a University of Rome La Sapienza ^*  (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELAPHE QUATUORLINEATA;

EID: 0030066081     PISSN: 02680130     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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