New opportunities and hazards brought by humans to the island habitat of the skink Euprepis atlanticus

Herpetological Bulletin

Volumn , Issue 100, 2007, Pages 30-33

  Gasparini, João Luiz ^a   Peloso, Pedro Luiz ^a   Sazima, Ivan ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF ESPÍRITO SANTO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATLANTICUS; EUPREPIS;

EID: 35348985312     PISSN: 14730928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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