Aggressive behaviors of lizards of the parthenogenetic Cnemidophorus laredoensis complex (Sauria: Teiidae) in Southern Texas

Texas Journal of Science

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 49-56

  Paulissen, Mark A ^a  

^a MCNEESE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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CNEMIDOPHORUS LAREDOENSIS;

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