Ecological studies on a population of the water snake Grayia smythii in a rainforest swamp of the Niger Delta, Nigeria

Contributions to Zoology

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 139-146

  Akani, Godfrey C ^a   Luiselli, Luca ^b,c,d  

^a RIVERS STATE UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Nigeria)

^b Environmental Studies Centre DEMETRA   (Italy)

^c FIZV   (Italy)

^d Municipal Museum of Natural History   (Italy)

Author keywords

Colubridae; Ecology; Grayia smythii; Nigeria; Snakes

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035605575     PISSN: 00678546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/18759866-07003002     Document Type: Article

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