Dietary habits and reproductive biology of typhlopid snakes from Southern Africa

Journal of Herpetology

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 558-567

  Webb, J K ^a   Branch, W R ^a   Shine, R ^a  

^a CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANURA; FORMICIDAE; ISOPTERA; RANA MUCRUSO; RANA SCHLEGELII; RHINOTYPHLOPS LALANDEI; SERPENTES; TYPHLOPIDAE; TYPHLOPS; TYPHLOPS BIBRONII; TYPHLOPS FORNASINII; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0035663957     PISSN: 00221511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1565893     Document Type: Article

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