Natural history of two colubrid snakes, Elaphe quadrivirgata and Rhabdophis tigrinus, on Yakushima Island, southwestern Japan

Amphibia Reptilia

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 323-331

  Tanaka, Koji ^a   Ota, Hidetoshi ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLOR MORPH; DIET; LIFE HISTORY; SNAKE; STOMACH CONTENT;

JAPAN;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; COLUBRIDAE; ELAPHE; ELAPHE QUADRIVIRGATA; EUMECES; EUMECES LATISCUTATUS; REPTILIA; RHABDOPHIS TIGRINUS; SERPENTES;

EID: 0036410917     PISSN: 01735373     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/15685380260449207     Document Type: Article

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