Severe malformation in neonate Vipera ursinii rakosiensis

Amphibia Reptilia

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 388-390

  Tóth, Tamás ^a   Gál, János ^b   Újvári, Beáta ^c   Madsen, Thomas ^c,d,e  

^a Department of Game Management ^*  (Hungary)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WEST HUNGARY   (Hungary)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^e LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NEONATE; SNAKE;

VIPERA URSINII;

EID: 33745964023     PISSN: 01735373     EISSN: 15685381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156853805774408649     Document Type: Article

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