Diets of Caiman crocodilus yacare from different habitats in the Brazilian Pantanal

Herpetological Journal

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 111-117

  Santos, Sandra Aparecida ^a   Nogueira, Marcelo Stoll ^b   Pinheiro, Max Silva ^a   Campos, Zilca ^a   Magnusson, William E ^c   Mourao, Guilherme M ^a  

^a EMBRAPA CERRADOS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDADE DO VALE DO RIO DOS SINOS   (Brazil)

^c INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CAIMAN; CAIMAN CROCODILUS YACARE; CAIMAN YACARE; CROCODILUS; HEXAPODA; INSECTA;

EID: 0030454654     PISSN: 02680130     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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