Recent data on the distribution of lizards and snakes of the Seychelles

Herpetological Bulletin

Volumn , Issue 110, 2009, Pages 20-32

  Rocha, Sara ^a,b,c   Harris, D James ^a,b   Perera, Ana ^a   Silva, Andreia ^a,b   Vasconcelos, Raquel ^a,b,d   Carretero, Miguel A ^a  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGAÇÃO EM BIODIVERSIDADE E RECURSOS GENÉTICOS   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SERPENTES; SQUAMATA;

EID: 77955383588     PISSN: 14730928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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