Ecological variation among populations of the gekkonid lizard Gonatodes humeralis in the Amazon basin

Copeia

Volumn , Issue 1, 1997, Pages 32-43

  Vitt, Laurie J ^a   Zani, Peter A ^a,c   Monteiro De Barros, André A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b MUSEU PARAENSE EMÍLIO GOELDI   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEKKONIDAE; GONATODES HUMERALIS; SQUAMATA;

EID: 0030933953     PISSN: 00458511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1447837     Document Type: Article

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