Sexual dimorphism, reproductive and fat body cycles in bibron's agama (Agama impalearis, Boettger, 1874) (Sauria: Agamidae)

Herpetologica

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 411-422

  Znari, Mohammed ^a   El Mouden, El Hassan ^a  

^a FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES SEMLALIA   (Morocco)

Author keywords

Agamid lizards; Clutch size; Gonadal cycles; Jbilet Mountains; Lipid storage; Morocco; Rainfall effect; Seasonal change; Sexual dimorphism; Temperate zone

Indexed keywords

FAT BODY; LIZARD; REPRODUCTIVE CYCLE; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM;

MOROCCO, JBILET MOUNTAINS;

AGAMA IMPALEARIS;

EID: 0031417340     PISSN: 00180831     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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