Problem of reptile play: Environmental enrichment and play behavior in a captive Nile soft-shelled turtle, Trionyx triunguis

Zoo Biology

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 223-238

  Burghardt, Gordon M ^a   Ward, Brian ^a,c   Rosscoe, Roger ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b SMITHSONIAN CONSERVATION BIOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Captive maintenance; Psychological well being; Reptile

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; REPTILIA; TESTUDINES; TRIONYCHIDAE; TRIONYX TRIUNGUIS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0030545610     PISSN: 07333188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2361(1996)15:3<223::AID-ZOO3>3.0.CO;2-D     Document Type: Article

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