Literature Survey on Predators of Snakes in Japan

Current Herpetology

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 97-111

  Tanaka, Koji ^a   Mori, Akira ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Japan; Predator; Prey; Review; Snake

Indexed keywords

EID: 84985881502     PISSN: 13455834     EISSN: 18811019     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5358/hsj.19.97     Document Type: Article

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