Geographic variation in the diet composition of a secretive mediterranean colubrid snake: Coronella girondica from Spain and Italy

Italian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 57-60

  Luiselli, Luca ^a,b,c   Pleguezuelos, Juan M ^d   Capula, Massimo ^e   Villafranca, Carmen ^d  

^a FIZV   (Italy)

^b Institute of Ecology   (Nigeria)

^c Museo Civico di Storia Naturale   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^e Museo Civico di Zoologia   (Italy)

Author keywords

Coronel a girondica; Diet; Geographic variation; Italy; Snakes; Spain

Indexed keywords

DIET; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; SNAKE;

ITALY; SPAIN;

EID: 0035031886     PISSN: 11250003     EISSN: 17485851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/11250000109356383     Document Type: Article

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