Body sizes, activity times, food habits and reproduction of brown tree snakes (Boiga irregularis) (Serpentes:Colubridae) from tropical north Queensland, Australia

Australian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 173-178

  Trembath, D F ^a   Fearn, S ^b  

^a MUSEUM AND ART GALLERY OF THE NORTHERN TERRITORY   (Australia)

^b Department of Primary Industries and Water ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; DIMORPHISM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; INVASIVE SPECIES; POPULATION DENSITY; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM; SNAKE;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; QUEENSLAND;

BOIGA IRREGULARIS; COLUBRIDAE; SERPENTES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 57349112972     PISSN: 0004959X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/ZO08008     Document Type: Article

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