At the water's edge: Ecology of semiaquatic teiids in Brazilian Amazon

Journal of Herpetology

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 221-229

  Mesquita, Daniel O ^a   Colli, Guarino R ^a   Costa, Gabriel C ^a   França, Frederico G R ^a   Garda, Adrian A ^b   Péres Jr , Ayrton K ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

^b Oklahoma Museum of Natural History   (United States)

^c Prefeitura de Boa Vista   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARANEAE; CROCODILURUS; DRACAENA (LIZARD); GASTROPODA; HEMIPTERA; TEIIDAE;

EID: 33845311176     PISSN: 00221511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1670/123-05A.1     Document Type: Article

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