Thermal and reproductive ecology of the snake Psammophis phillipsi from the rainforest region of southern Nigeria

Herpetological Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 63-67

  Akani, Godfrey C ^a   Eniang, Edem A ^a   Ekpo, Itohowo J ^a   Angelici, Francesco M ^a   Luiselli, Luca ^a  

^a NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Body temperatures; Colubridae; Psammophiinae; Reproductive biology; Tropical Africa

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; COLUBRIDAE; PSAMMOPHIINAE; PSAMMOPHIS; SERPENTES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0036526547     PISSN: 02680130     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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