Daily and seasonal activity patterns in two species of high altitude skink, Niveoscincus microlepidotus and N. metallicus, from Tasmania

Journal of Herpetology

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 29-37

  Melville, Jane ^a   Swain, Roy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MICROLEPIDOTUS; NIVEOSCINCUS METALLICUS; NIVEOSCINCUS MICROLEPIDOTUS; SQUAMATA; ZOOTOCA VIVIPARA;

EID: 0030906170     PISSN: 00221511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1565325     Document Type: Article

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