Aspects of the ecology of the leopard snake, elaphe situla, in southeastern Italy

Journal of Herpetology

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 626-630

  Ruciero, Lorenzo ^a,d   Capizzi, Dario ^b,c   Luiselli, Luca ^a  

^a Ist Nazionale per la Fauna Selmtica ^*  (Italy)

^b Istituto Nazionale per la Fauna Selvatica   (Italy)

^c Environmental Studies Centre DEMETRA   (Italy)

^d RIVERS STATE UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELAPHE SITULA;

EID: 0032433460     PISSN: 00221511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1565228     Document Type: Article

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