Aspects of the ecology of small fossorial snakes in the western Piedmont of North Carolina

Southeastern Naturalist

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 1-12

  Willson, John D ^a,b   Dorcas, Michael E ^a  

^a DAVIDSON COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARPHOPHIS AMOENUS; DIADOPHIS PUNCTATUS; SERPENTES; STORERIA DEKAYI; VERTEBRATA; VIRGINIA VALERIAE;

EID: 24344476657     PISSN: 15287092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1656/1528-7092(2004)003[0001:AOTEOS]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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