Ecology of the colubrid snake Pseudablabes agassizii in South-Eastern South America

Herpetological Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 37-45

  Marques, Otavio A V ^a   Sawaya, Ricardo J ^a   Stender Oliveira, Fernanda ^a   Franca, Frederico G R ^b  

^a INSTITUTO BUTANTAN   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Activity; Feeding; Morphology; Philodryadini; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

ARANEAE; COLUBRIDAE; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; LYCOSIDAE; MYGALOMORPHAE; ORTHOPTERA; SCORPIONES; SQUAMATA;

EID: 33745872540     PISSN: 02680130     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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