The comparative diet of three saharan sand dune skinks

Journal of the Herpetological Association of Africa

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 91-94

  Attum, Omar ^a   Covell, Charles ^a   Eason, Perri ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acanthodactylus longipes; Chalcides ocellatus; Diet; Egypt; Lizards; Scincus scincus; Sphenops sepsoides

Indexed keywords

EID: 33748715302     PISSN: 04416651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/21564574.2004.9635501     Document Type: Article

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