Ecology of whiptail lizards (Cnemidophorus) in the Amazon region of Brazil

Copeia

Volumn , Issue 4, 1997, Pages 745-757

  Vitt, Laurie J ^a   Zani, Peter A ^a,c   Caldwell, Janalee P ^a   De Araújo, M Carmozina ^b   Magnusson, William E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b Instttuto Nac de Pesq da Amazonia   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIET; HABITAT USE; MICROHABITAT; MORPHOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; WHIPTAIL LIZARD;

AMAZONIA; BRAZIL;

CHEMIDOPHORUS; CHEMIDOPHORUS LEMNISCATUS; CNEMIDOPHORUS; CNEMIDOPHORUS CRYPTUS; CNEMIDOPHORUS LEMNISCATUS; MACRURONUS NOVAEZELANDIAE; SQUAMATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0031435881     PISSN: 00458511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1447292     Document Type: Article

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