Diet of the Striped Legless Lizard Delma impar (Squamata: pygopodidae) in a western (basalt) plains grassland, Victoria

Australian Zoologist

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 412-418

  Kutt, A S ^a,b   Coulson, G ^a   Wainer, J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c MUSEUM VICTORIA   (Australia)

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EID: 26844446140     PISSN: 00672238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7882/AZ.1998.007     Document Type: Article

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