Feeding ecology of the neotropical worm snake Atractus reticulatus in southern Brazil

Herpetological Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 62-64

  Balestrin, Rafael Lucchesi ^a   Di Bernardo, Marcos ^a   Moreno, Ana G ^b  

^a PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Annelids; Diet; Oligochaetes; Rio Grande do Sul; Snakes

Indexed keywords

ANNELIDA; ATRACTUS; CARPHOPHIS; GLOSSOSCOLECIDAE; HIRUDINEA; MEGASCOLECIDAE; OLIGOCHAETA (METAZOA); SERPENTES;

EID: 35348946566     PISSN: 02680130     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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