Seasonal inactivity of the Desert Box Turtle, Terrapene ornata luteola, at the species' southwestern range limit in Arizona

Journal of Herpetology

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 589-593

  Plummer, Michael V ^a  

^a HARDING UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIPODOMYS; DIPODOMYS SPECTABILIS; MACROPUS SP.; MAMMALIA; TERRAPENE; TERRAPENE ORNATA; TERRAPENE ORNATA LUTEOLA; TESTUDINES;

EID: 11244328945     PISSN: 00221511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1670/59-04N     Document Type: Article

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