Feeding ecology of the Tasmanian spotted skink, Niveoscincus ocellatus (Squamata:Scincidae)

Australian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 205-213

  Wapstra, Erik ^a   Swain, Roy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPODA; NIVEOSCINCUS; NIVEOSCINCUS OCELLATUS; SCINCIDAE; SQUAMATA;

LIZARD; TASMANIAN SPOTTED SKINK;

EID: 0030469869     PISSN: 0004959X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/ZO9960205     Document Type: Article

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