Nutritional perfomance of Tupinambis merianae lizards fed with corn starch as source of energy

Acta Herpetologica

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 29-36

  Parry, Harold Vega ^a   Vintiñi, Elisa ^a   Arce, Osvaldo E A ^a   Manes, Mario E ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE TUCUMÁN   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Energy supply; Feeding conversion; Growth; Omnivorous capacity; Tupinambis merianae

Indexed keywords

SQUAMATA; TUPINAMBIS MERIANAE; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 77950938857     PISSN: 18279635     EISSN: 18279643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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