Field Observations on a Highly Endangered Snake, Opisthotropis kikuzatoi (Squamata: Colubridae), Endemic to Kumejima Island, Japan

Current Herpetology

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 73-80

  Ota, Hldetoshi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

Author keywords

Activity pattern; Body temperature; Field census; Kumejima Island; Opisthotropis kikuzatoi

Indexed keywords

EID: 67349231084     PISSN: 13455834     EISSN: 18811019     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5358/hsj.23.73     Document Type: Article

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