Dietary overview of Hemidactylus turcicus with possible implications of food partitioning

Journal of Herpetology

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 461-466

  Daniel, Saenz ^a  

^a STEPHEN F AUSTIN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEKKO; GEKKONIDAE; HEMIDACTYLUS TURCICUS; ISOPODA; LEPIDOPTERA; ORTHOPTERA;

EID: 12644279840     PISSN: 00221511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1565688     Document Type: Article

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