Reproductive activity in Tropidurus etheridgei in the Semiarid Chaco of Salta, Argentina

Journal of Herpetology

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 444-450

  Cruz, Félix B ^a  

^a Inst Herpetologia Fund Miguel L   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHACO; TROPIDURUS ETHERIDGEI;

EID: 0030816432     PISSN: 00221511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1565679     Document Type: Article

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