Diet of the semi-aquatic snake, afronatrix anoscopus (colubridae) in southern Nigeria

African Journal of Herpetology

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 123-126

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

^a FIZV   (Italy)

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

Author keywords

Afronatrix anoscopus; Colubridae; Diet; Nigeria

Indexed keywords

EID: 29344469739     PISSN: 21564574     EISSN: 21533660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/21564574.2003.9635489     Document Type: Article

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