Seasonal activity of the scarlet snake, Cemophora coccinea, in Florida

Herpetological Review

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 82-84

  Enge, Kevin M ^a   Sullivan, J Daniel ^a  

^a FISH AND WILDLIFE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEMOPHORA COCCINEA;

EID: 0033938435     PISSN: 0018084X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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