Reproduction of the tortoise, Gopherus polyphemus, in northeastern Florida

Journal of Herpetology

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 14-18

  Butler, Joseph A ^a   Hull, Todd W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GOPHERUS POLYPHEMUS; POLYPHEMUS; TESTUDINIDAE;

EID: 0030432101     PISSN: 00221511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1564701     Document Type: Article

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