The diet of grand skinks (Oligosoma grande) and Otago skinks (O. otagense) in Otago seral tussock grasslands

New Zealand Journal of Zoology

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 243-257

  Tocher, Mandy D ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Diet; Frugivory; Grand skink; Habitat; Oligosoma; Otago skink

Indexed keywords

DIET; FRUGIVORY; GRASSLAND; LIZARD;

NEW ZEALAND;

AMPHIBIA; CALLIPHORIDAE; COLEOPTERA; COPROSMA; DIPTERA; LEUCOPOGON; LEUCOPOGON FRASERI; MELICYTUS; OLIGOSOMA; OLIGOSOMA GRANDE; OLIGOSOMA OTAGENSE; REPTILIA; SCINCIDAE; SQUAMATA;

EID: 0242307022     PISSN: 03014223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03014223.2003.9518342     Document Type: Article

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