Alternative perspectives on the diet of gopher snakes (Pituophis catenifer, Colubridae): Literature records versus stomach contents of wild and museum specimens

Copeia

Volumn , Issue 2, 1998, Pages 463-466

  Rodríguez Robles, Javier A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLUBRIDAE; PITUOPHIS CATENIFER; SERPENTES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 2642677677     PISSN: 00458511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1447442     Document Type: Article

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