Reproduction in the madagascar leaf-nosed snake, langaha madagascariensis (serpentes: colubridae: Pseudoxyrhophiinae)

Journal of the Herpetological Association of Africa

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 61-68

  Krysko, Kenneth L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Colubridae; Langaha madagascariensis; Leaf nosed snake; Madagascar; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646730462     PISSN: 04416651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/21564574.2003.9635478     Document Type: Article

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