A pedestrian road survey of an upland snake community in Florida

Southeastern Naturalist

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 365-380

  Enge, Kevin M ^a   Wood, Kristin N ^a  

^a FISH AND WILDLIFE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

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HETERODON SIMUS; OPHEODRYS AESTIVUS; SERPENTES;

EID: 24344495253     PISSN: 15287092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1656/1528-7092(2002)001[0365:APRSOA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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