Seasonal water loss of the lizard Lophognathus temporalis in the wet-dry tropics of northern Australia

Amphibia Reptilia

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 211-215

  Blamires, Sean J ^a   Christian, Keith A ^a  

^a CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 0013677266     PISSN: 01735373     EISSN: 15685381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156853899X00213     Document Type: Article

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