Body size, diet and reproductive ecology of Coluber hippocrepis in the Rif (Northern Morocco)

Amphibia Reptilia

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 287-302

  Pleguezuelos, Juan M ^a   Fahd, Soumia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^b FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES   (Morocco)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; DIET; OVIPOSITION; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; SNAKE;

AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; MOROCCO; NORTH AFRICA; WORLD;

AMPHIBIA; AVES; COLUBER; HIPPOCREPIS; MAMMALIA; REPTILIA; SERPENTES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 7244232732     PISSN: 01735373     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/1568538041975099     Document Type: Article

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