Diet of sympatric gaboon vipers (bitis gabonica) and nose-horned vipers (bitis nasicornis) in Southern Nigeria

African Journal of Herpetology

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 101-106

  Luiselli, Luca ^a   Akani, Godfrey C ^b  

^a Centre of Environmental Studies Demetra and FIZV   (Italy)

^b RIVERS STATE UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Bitis gabonica gabonica; Bitis nasicornis; Diet; Forest plantation mosaic; Nigeria; Viperidae

Indexed keywords

EID: 84989327493     PISSN: 21564574     EISSN: 21533660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/21564574.2003.9635485     Document Type: Article

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