Diet and lung parasites of swamp forest Dwarf Crocodiles (Osteolaemus tetraspis osborni) in the northern Congo Republic

Copeia

Volumn , Issue 2, 2000, Pages 582-586

  Riley, John ^b   Huchzermeyer, Fritz W ^a  

^a ONDERSTEPOORT VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGEMA SILVAEPALASTRIS; ALOFIA PARVA; DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC CONGO; ENVIRONMENT; FOREST; INTERMEDIATE HOST; LUNG; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PARASITIC INFECTION; PREDATION; STOMACH;

CROCODILIAN; DIET; PARASITE; PARASITE INFESTATION;

CONGO;

AGEMA; AGEMA SILVAEPALASTRIS; ALLIGATOR; ALOFIA; ALOFIA PARVA; AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; CLARIAS; CROCODYLIDAE (ALL CROCODILES); INVERTEBRATA; OSTEOLAEMUS; OSTEOLAEMUS TETRASPIS; OSTEOLAEMUS TETRASPIS OSBORNI; PENTASTOMIDA; REPTILIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0034621710     PISSN: 00458511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1643/0045-8511(2000)000[0582:DALPOS]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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