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Foraging mode of Australolacerta rupicola (FitzSimons, 1933) (Sauria: Lacertidae): evidence of seasonal variation in an extremely active predator?

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Kirchhof, Sebastian, Linden, Jabu, Rödder, Dennis, Richter, Klaus (2010): Foraging mode of Australolacerta rupicola (FitzSimons, 1933) (Sauria: Lacertidae): evidence of seasonal variation in an extremely active predator? Journal of Natural History 44 (47-48): 2941-2953, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2010.502595, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2010.502595

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