Diet, gastrolith acquisition and initiation of feeding among hatchling Morelet's crocodiles in Belize

Herpetological Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 81-84

  Platt, Steven G ^a   Rainwater, Thomas R ^a   McMurry, Scott T ^a  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Crocodile; Crocodylus moreletii; Hatchling; Stomach flushing

Indexed keywords

ALLIGATOR; CROCODYLIDAE (ALL CROCODILES); CROCODYLUS; CROCODYLUS MORELETII; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0036526603     PISSN: 02680130     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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