Comparison of the diet of three sympatric species of Ctenotus skinks

Journal of Herpetology

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 561-566

  Twigg, Laurie E ^a   How, Ric A ^b   Hatherly, Richard L ^c   Dell, John ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FOOD WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b WESTERN AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

^c CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CTENOTUS; SCINCIDAE;

EID: 0030430605     PISSN: 00221511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1565708     Document Type: Article

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