Field study of sex determination in Podocnemis expansa from Colombian Amazonia

Herpetologica

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 390-398

  Valenzuela, Nicole ^a,b   Botero, Rodrigo ^a   Martínez, Eliana ^a  

^a Fundacion Puerto Rastrojo   (Colombia)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amazonia; Colombia; Conservation; Incubation temperatures; Podocnemis expansa; Sex determination; Turtles

Indexed keywords

GIANT RIVER TURTLE; INCUBATION; SEX DETERMINATION; SEX RATIO; TEMPERATURE;

COLOMBIA, AMAZONIA;

PODOCNEMIS EXPANSA;

EID: 0031424020     PISSN: 00180831     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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