The occurrence of the Night Snake, Hypsiglena torquata, in British Columbia, with comments on its body size and diet

Canadian Field-Naturalist

Volumn 110, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 620-625

  Lacey, Howard ^a   Shewchuk, Christopher H ^b   Gregory, Patrick T ^b   Sarell, Michael J ^a   Gregory, Linda A ^a  

^a University of Victoria ^*  (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

body size; British Columbia; distribution; food; Hypsiglena torquata; Night Snake

Indexed keywords

HYPSIGLENA TORQUATA;

BODY SIZE; DIET; NIGHT SNAKE;

USA, BRITISH COLUMBIA;

EID: 0030299377     PISSN: 00083550     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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