The conservation status of the Chinese alligator

ORYX

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 152-159

  Thorbjarnarson, John ^a   Xiaoming, Wang ^a  

^a WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (United States)

Author keywords

China; Chinese alligators; Conservation; Reptiles; Status

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION STATUS; REPTILE;

CHINA;

ALLIGATOR; ALLIGATOR SINENSIS; ALLIGATORINAE; ANIMALIA; REPTILIA;

EID: 0033120176     PISSN: 00306053     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3008.1999.00051.x     Document Type: Article

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