Ecological relationships in two Afrotropical cobra species (Naja melanoleuca and Naja nigricollis)

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 191-198

  Luiselli, Luca ^a,b,c   Angelici, Francesco M ^a,b  

^a Environmental Studies Centre DEMETRA   (Italy)

^b Ital Found of Vertebrate Zoology   (Italy)

^c NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIET; HABITAT USE; REPRODUCTION; SEX RATIO; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM; SNAKE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

(SOUTHEAST); NIGERIA;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; MAMMALIA; MELANOLEUCA; NAJA MELANOLEUCA; NAJA NIGRICOLLIS; REPTILIA; RODENTIA; SERPENTES; SORICIDAE; SQUAMATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0034105452     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/cjz-78-2-191     Document Type: Article

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