Sex differences in body size and ectoparasite load in the Ball Python, Python regius

Journal of Herpetology

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 315-320

  Aubret, Fabien ^a,b,c   Bonnet, Xavier ^a,d   Harris, Mathews ^d   Maumelat, Stéphanie ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE POITIERS   (France)

^d IUCN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACARI; PYTHON REGIUS;

EID: 21244474757     PISSN: 00221511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1670/111-02N     Document Type: Article

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