Reptiles of Satawan Atoll and the Mortlock Islands, Chuuk State, Federated States of Micronesia

Pacific Science

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 415-428

  Buden, Donald W ^a  

^a USDA Land Grant Program   (Federated States of Micronesia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HERPETOFAUNA; MORPHOLOGY; REPTILE; TAXONOMY; TYPE LOCALITY;

CAROLINE ISLANDS; CHUUK; FEDERATED STATES OF MICRONESIA; MICRONESIA; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN;

AMPHIBIA; EMOIA; EMOIA CAERULEOCAUDA; EMOIA CYANURA; EMOIA IMPAR; GEHYRA MUTILATA; GEKKONIDAE; HEMIDACTYLUS FRENATUS; LEPIDODACTYLUS; OLIGOPORUS; REPTILIA; SCINCIDAE;

EID: 34248643415     PISSN: 00308870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2984/1534-6188(2007)61[415:ROSAAT]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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