Thermal ecology and reproductive cyclicity of the snake Natrix tessellata in south-eastern Austria and central Italy: A comparative study

Amphibia Reptilia

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 383-396

  Luiselli, Luca ^a   Zimmermann, Petra ^b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NATRIX TESSELLATA; SERPENTES;

CYCLICITY; REPRODUCTION; SNAKE; THERMAL ECOLOGY;

AUSTRIA; ITALY;

EID: 0031399876     PISSN: 01735373     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156853897X00431     Document Type: Article

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