Diet and prey selection of the gaboon adder in Zululand (KwaZulu-Natal), South Africa

African Journal of Wildlife Research

Volumn 31, Issue 3-4, 2001, Pages 127-134

  Perrin, M R ^a   Bodbijl, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NATAL PIETERMARITZBURG   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Bitis gabonica gabonica; Food; Prey selection

Indexed keywords

DIET; PREY SELECTION; SNAKE;

KWAZULU-NATAL; SOUTH AFRICA; ZULULAND;

AETHOMYS; AETHOMYS CHRYSOPHILUS; AMPHIBIA; AVES; BITIS; BITIS GABONICA; MAMMALIA; OTOMYS; OTOMYS IRRORATUS; REPTILIA; RODENTIA; SERPENTES; SORICIDAE; SUNCUS;

EID: 0035652141     PISSN: 03794369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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