Trophic ecology of Lapemis curtus (Hydrophiinae) along the western coast of India

Copeia

Volumn , Issue 3, 2005, Pages 637-641

  Lobo, Aaron Savio ^a   Vasudevan, Karthikeyan ^a   Pandav, Bivash ^a  

^a WILDLIFE INSTITUTE OF INDIA   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIET; FEEDING ECOLOGY; GENERALIST; SNAKE;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA; WORLD;

CLUPEIDAE; CYNOGLOSSIDAE; HYDROPHIINAE; LAPEMIS; SERPENTES;

EID: 23444442505     PISSN: 00458511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1643/CH-04-076R1     Document Type: Article

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