Recent records of exotic reptiles on pohnpei, Eastern Caroline Islands, Micronesia

Pacific Science

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 65-70

  Buden, Donald W ^a   Lynch, D Brian ^a   Zug, George R ^b  

^a Div of Nat Science and Mathematics   (Federated States of Micronesia)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTRODUCED SPECIES; REPTILE;

FEDERATED STATES OF MICRONESIA; POHNPEI;

EID: 0035027099     PISSN: 00308870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/psc.2001.0003     Document Type: Article

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