Aural abscesses on Florida box turtles are associated with abnormally wet winters

Herpetological Review

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 233-235

  Dodd Jr , C Kenneth ^a   Griffey, Marian L ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TERRAPENE; TERRAPENE CAROLINA BAURI; TESTUDINES;

EID: 4644249475     PISSN: 0018084X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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