Historic and current amphibian and reptile distributions in the island region of western Lake erie

American Midland Naturalist

Volumn 138, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 153-173

  King, Richard B ^a   Oldham, Michael J ^b   Weller, Wayne F ^c   Wynn, Douglas ^d  

^a NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ONTARIO MINISTRY OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (Canada)

^c Ontario Field Herpetologists   (Canada)

^d Art Department   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMBYSTOMATIDAE; AMPHIBIA; AMPHIUMA MEANS; CAUDATA; NERODIA; NERODIA SIPEDON INSULARUM; PLETHODON CINEREUS; REPTILIA; SERPENTES; THAMNOPHIS SIRTALIS;

EID: 0030802263     PISSN: 00030031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2426663     Document Type: Article

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