Intestinal helminths of five species of scincid lizards (sauria: scincidae) from western Australia

Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia

Volumn 124, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 127-133

  Goldberg, Stephen R ^a   Bursey, Charles R ^b  

^a WHITTIER COLLEGE   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Australia; Cestoda; Nematoda; Scincid lizards

Indexed keywords

EID: 0041759755     PISSN: 00855812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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