Food habits of the snake Psammophis phillipsi from the continuous rain-forest region of southern Nigeria (West Africa)

Journal of Herpetology

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 208-211

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

^a RIVERS STATE UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Nigeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UYO   (Nigeria)

^c FIZV   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGAMA AGAMA; HEXAPODA; MABUYA; MAMMALIA; PSAMMOPHIS; PSAMMOPHIS PHILLIPSI; SCINCIDAE; SERPENTES; SQUAMATA;

EID: 0037359183     PISSN: 00221511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1670/0022-1511(2003)037[0208:FHOTSP]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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