Diet of two species of bluetongue skink, Tiliqua multifasciata and Tiliqua occipitalis (Squamata: Scincidae)

Australian Zoologist

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 359-364

  Shea, Glenn M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Diet; Lizard; Morphology; Scincidae; Tiliqua

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPOD; DIET; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; FRUIT; LIZARD; MORPHOLOGY; OMNIVORY; SEED;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

ARTHROPODA; COLEOPTERA; HEXAPODA; OVIS ARIES; SCINCIDAE; SQUAMATA; TILIQUA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 36448952752     PISSN: 00672238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7882/az.2006.009     Document Type: Article

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