Sympatric ecology of five species of fossorial snakes (elapidae) in Western Australia

Journal of Herpetology

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 279-285

  Goodyear, Stephen E ^a   Pianka, Eric R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELAPIDAE; SERPENTES; SIMOSELAPS; SIMOSELAPS BERTHOLDI; SQUAMATA;

EID: 44649169719     PISSN: 00221511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1670/07-1391.1     Document Type: Article

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