The Global Status of Reptiles and Causes of Their Decline

Ecotoxicology of Amphibians and Reptiles, Second Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 47-68

  Todd, Brian D ^a   Willson, John D ^a   Gibbons, J Whitfield ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

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