Sexual dimorphism in two species of knob-scaled lizards (genus Xenosaurus) from Mexico

Herpetologica

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 200-205

  Smith, Geoffrey R ^a   Lemos Espinal, Julio A ^b   Ballinger, Royce E ^c  

^a EARLHAM COLLEGE   (United States)

^b Departamento de Fauna Silvestre   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA   (United States)

Author keywords

Body size; Head size; Lizards; Sexual dimorphism; Xenosaurus grandis; Xenosaurus newmanorum

Indexed keywords

INTRASEXUAL SELECTION; KNOB-SCALED LIZARD; SEXUAL SIZE DIMORPHISM;

MEXICO;

XENOSAURUS GRANDIS; XENOSAURUS NEWMANORUM;

EID: 0031443919     PISSN: 00180831     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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