An effective technique for collecting Amphisbaena mertensi with notes on its natural history

Herpetological Review

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 221-223

  Pramuk, Jennifer B ^a   Alamillo, Hugo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHISBAENA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0141788168     PISSN: 0018084X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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