Sexual and size-related differences in the diet of the snake Natrix maura from the Ebro Delta, Spain

Herpetological Journal

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 161-165

  Santos, Xavier ^a   Llorente, Gustavo A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NATRIX MAURA;

EID: 0031752260     PISSN: 02680130     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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