New distribution notes for terrestrial herpetofauna from Morocc

North-Western Journal of Zoology

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 309-315

  Harris, D James ^a,b   Perera, Ana ^a   Barata, Mafalda ^a,b,c   Tarroso, Pedro ^a   Salvi, Daniele ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^c Dep Biologia Animal   (Spain)

Author keywords

Amphibians; Distribution; Morocco; Reptiles

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; REPTILIA;

EID: 78650449675     PISSN: 15849074     EISSN: 18435629     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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