Diet of the large water snake Hydrodynastes gigas (Colubridae) from northeast Argentina

Amphibia Reptilia

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 178-184

  López, María Soledad ^a   Giraudo, Alejandro R ^a  

^a Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIET; SNAKE;

ARGENTINA; SOUTH AMERICA;

AMPHIBIA; COLUBRIDAE; HYDRODYNASTES; NERODIA; REPTILIA; SERPENTES;

EID: 3543062835     PISSN: 01735373     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/1568538041231148     Document Type: Article

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