Geographic range, population structure and conservation status of the green python (Morelia viridis), a popular snake in the captive pet trade

Australian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 147-154

  Wilson, David ^a,b   Heinsohn, Robert ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPTIVE BREEDING; CLIMATE MODELING; CONSERVATION STATUS; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION ESTIMATION; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PREDICTION; SNAKE; TRADE; VEGETATION MAPPING;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; MELANESIA; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; PAPUA NEW GUINEA;

MORELIA VIRIDIS; PYTHONIDAE;

EID: 34347358654     PISSN: 0004959X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/ZO06078     Document Type: Article

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