Abundance and biomass of twelve species of snakes native to northeastern Kansas

Herpetological Review

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 161-165

  Fitch, Henry S ^a   Echelle, Alice F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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