Ventral blue coloration and sexual maturation in male Sceloporus gadoviae lizards

Journal of Herpetology

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 546-548

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

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE INVESTIGACIONES FORESTALES   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA   (United States)

^c EARLHAM COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SCELOPORUS GADOVAE; SCELOPORUS GADOVIAE; SQUAMATA;

EID: 0030428289     PISSN: 00221511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1565702     Document Type: Article

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