Natural history of the slaty grey snake (stegonotus cucullatus) (serpentes : colubridae) from tropical north Queensland, Australia

Australian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 119-124

  Trembath, Dane F ^a   Fearn, Simon ^b   Undheim, Eivind Andreas Baste ^c  

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

^b DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

^c NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLUTCH SIZE; EGG; REPRODUCTION; SNAKE; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; NORTHERN TERRITORY; QUEENSLAND;

COLUBRIDAE; REPTILIA; SERPENTES; STEGONOTUS CUCULLATUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 69249092253     PISSN: 0004959X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/ZO08091     Document Type: Article

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