Ecology of the elusive tropical lizard Tropidurus [=Uracentron] flaviceps (Tropiduridae) in lowland rain forest of Ecuador

Herpetologica

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 121-132

  Vitt, Laurie J ^a   Zani, Peter A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecuador; Lizard ecology; South America; Tropical lizard; Tropiduridae; Uracentron

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000928323     PISSN: 00180831     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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