Morelet's Crocodile (Crocodylus moreletii) in the Macal River watershed, Maya Mountains, Belize

Herpetological Bulletin

Volumn , Issue 85, 2003, Pages 15-23

  Stafford, Peter J ^a   McMurry, Scott T ^b   Rainwater, Thomas R ^b   Ray, David A ^b   Densmore, Llewellyn D ^b   Barr, Brady ^c  

^a DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^b TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLIGATOR; ANIMALIA; CROCODYLIDAE (ALL CROCODILES); CROCODYLUS; CROCODYLUS ACUTUS; CROCODYLUS MORELETII; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0346640570     PISSN: 14730928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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