Spatial ecology of the Concho water snake (Nerodia harteri paucimaculata) in a large lake system

Journal of Herpetology

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 327-335

  Whiting, Martin J ^a,b   Dixon, James R ^a   Greene, Brian D ^a,c  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Transvaal Museum   (South Africa)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NERODIA HARTERI; NERODIA PAUCIMACULATA; SERPENTES;

EID: 0030817019     PISSN: 00221511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1565660     Document Type: Article

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