A herpetofaunal inventory of Barail Wildlife Sanctuary and adjacent regions, Assam, north-eastern India

Hamadryad

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 117-134

  Das, Abhijit ^a   Saikia, Uttam ^b   Murthy, B H C K ^b   Dey, Santanu ^c   Dutta, Sushil K ^d  

^a UTKAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b ZOOLOGICAL SURVEY OF INDIA   (India)

^c Division of Herpetology   (India)

^d North Orissa University ^*  (India)

Author keywords

Barail wildlife sanctuary; Herpetofauna; Inventory; New locality records.; North east india

Indexed keywords

AMOLOPS; AMPHIBIA; CALOTES; MABUYA QUADRICARINATA; REPTILIA; RHABDOPHIS; TROPIDOPHORUS;

EID: 79955076427     PISSN: 0972205X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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