Reproductive biology of the skink Scincus mitranus (Anderson, 1871) in the central region of Saudi Arabia

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 319-326

  Al Johany, Awadh M ^a   Al Sadoon, Mohamed K ^a   Al Farraj, Saud A ^b  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b Teachers College at Riyadh   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Reproductive biology; Sand fish lizard; Saudi Arabia; Scincus mitranus; Skink

Indexed keywords

SCINCUS MITRANUS;

REPRODUCTIVE CYCLE; SKINK;

SAUDI ARABIA, RIYADH;

EID: 0031150348     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jare.1996.0241     Document Type: Article

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