Food habits of the Chinese stripe-necked turtle, Ocadia sinensis, in the Keelung River, northern Taiwan

Journal of Herpetology

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 463-471

  Chen, Tien Hsi ^a,b   Lue, Kuang Yang ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b Provisional Office   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; MAUREMYS SINENSIS; OCADIA; OCADIA SINENSIS; TESTUDINES;

EID: 0032754985     PISSN: 00221511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1565644     Document Type: Article

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