Ecology of the Bushmanland tent tortoise (Psammobates tentorius verroxii) in Southern Namibia

Chelonian Conservation and Biology

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 119-124

  Cunningham, P L ^a,c   Simang, A ^b  

^a NAMIBIA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Namibia)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c National Commission for Wildlife Conservation and Development Saudi Arabia   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PSAMMOBATES TENTORIUS; REPTILIA; TESTUDINIDAE;

EID: 50249111003     PISSN: 10718443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2744/CCB-0656.1     Document Type: Article

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