Measured and predicted egg volume of Pseudemys texana with comments on turtle egg shape

Journal of Herpetology

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 433-435

  Rose, Francis L ^a   Simpson, Thomas R ^a   Manning, Richard W ^a  

^a Texas State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PSEUDEMYS TEXANA; TESTUDINES;

EID: 0030439432     PISSN: 00221511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1565188     Document Type: Article

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