Food habits and reproduction of the snake Elaphe quatuorlineata in southern Italy

Amphibia Reptilia

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 439-442

  Rugiero, Lorenzo ^a  

^a NONE   (Italy)

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EID: 33845312860     PISSN: 01735373     EISSN: 15685381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156853898X00115     Document Type: Article

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