Habitat features of black rat snake hibernacula in Ontario

Journal of Herpetology

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 211-218

  Prior, Kent A ^a   Weatherhead, Patrick J ^a  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELAPHE; ELAPHE OBSOLETA OBSOLETA; RATTUS RATTUS; SERPENTES;

EID: 0030431987     PISSN: 00221511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1565512     Document Type: Article

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