Neonate-Female Associations in Xenosaurus newmanorum: A Case of Parental Care in a Lizard?

Herpetological Review

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 22-23

  Lemos Espinal, Julio A ^a   Smith, Geoffrey R ^b   Ballinger, Royce E ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b EARLHAM COLLEGE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA   (United States)

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