Oviposition and Hatchling Diet of a Snail-eating Snake Pareas iwasakii (Colubridae: Pareatinae)

Current Herpetology

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 41-43

  Hoso, Masaki ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dietary specialization; Molluscivore; Ontogenetic change; Pareas iwasakii; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650157535     PISSN: 13455834     EISSN: 18811019     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5358/hsj.26.41     Document Type: Article

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