Diet in the amphisbaenian Bipes biporus

Journal of Herpetology

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 404-408

  Kearney, Maureen ^a  

^a FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHISBAENIA; BIPES BIPORUS; FORMICIDAE; INVERTEBRATA; ISOPTERA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0038349276     PISSN: 00221511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1670/0022-1511(2003)037[0404:DITABB]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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