Reproductive ecology of the Horseshoe whip snake (Coluber hippocrepis) in the Iberian Peninsula

Journal of Herpetology

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 202-207

  Pleguezuelos, Juan M ^a   Feriche, Mónica ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLUBER; COLUBER HIPPOCREPIS; HIPPOCREPIS; SERPENTES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0032706853     PISSN: 00221511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1565715     Document Type: Article

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