Annual activity patterns of snakes from central Argentina (Córdoba province)

Studies on Neotropical Fauna and Environment

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 19-24

  Leynaud, Gerardo C ^a   Reati, Gustavo J ^a   Bucher, Enrique H ^a,b  

^a CENTRO DE ZOOLOGÍA APLICADA   (Argentina)

^b Universidad Nacional de Río Cuarto Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Activity patterns; Argentina; Arid regions; Chaco; C rdoba province; Snakes

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; BOA CONSTRICTOR; BOTHROPS ALTERNATUS; CROTALUS DURISSUS TERRIFICUS; EPICRATES CENCHRIA; LIOPHIS POECILOGYRUS; MICRURUS PYRRHOCRYPTUS; PHILODRYAS BARONI; RODENTIA; SERPENTES; WAGLEROPHIS;

EID: 38349104861     PISSN: 01650521     EISSN: 17445140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01650520701461301     Document Type: Article

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