Orientation of thermoregulating Tropidurus torquatus (Sauria: Tropiduridae) on termite mounds in an open area of south-eastern Brazil

Amphibia Reptilia

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 319-323

  Gandolfi, Silvia Maria ^a   Duarte Rocha, Carlos Frederico ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

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EID: 0001528723     PISSN: 01735373     EISSN: 15685381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156853898X00223     Document Type: Article

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