Spatial separation in two sympatric skinks, Niveoscincus microlepidotus and N. metallicus, from Tasmania

Herpetologica

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 126-132

  Melville, Jane ^a   Swain, Roy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Microhabitat; Niveoscincus; Scincidae; Spatial separation

Indexed keywords

NIVEOSCINCUS MICROLEPIDOTUS; NIVEOSCINCUS METALLICUS;

HABITAT PREFERENCE; MICROHABITAT; SKINK; SYMPATRY;

AUSTRALIA, TASMANIA;

EID: 0030620368     PISSN: 00180831     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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