Seasonal variation in habitat use in sympatric afrotropical semi-aquatic snakes, Grayia smythii and Afronatrix anoscopus (Colubridae)

Amphibia Reptilia

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 372-376

  Luiselli, Luca ^a,c   Akani, Godfrey C ^b   Angelici, Francesco M ^a   Ude, Linda ^a   Wariboko, Sunday M ^a  

^a FIZV   (Italy)

^b RIVERS STATE UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Nigeria)

^c NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HABITAT USE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SNAKE; SYMPATRY;

AFRONATRIX ANOSCOPUS; COLUBRIDAE; GRAYIA SMYTHII; SERPENTES;

EID: 29344469485     PISSN: 01735373     EISSN: 15685381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156853805774408513     Document Type: Article

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