Some observations of the natural history of the prehensile-tailed skink, Corucia zebrata, in the Solomon Islands

Herpetological Review

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 177-179

  Harmon, Luke J ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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CORUCIA ZEBRATA;

EID: 0036752350     PISSN: 0018084X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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