Ecology of the nocturnal lizard Thecadactylus rapicauda (Sauria: Gekkonidae) in the Amazon region

Herpetologica

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 165-179

  Vitt, Laurie J ^a   Zani, Peter A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

Amazonia; Brazil; Ecuador, Gekkonidae; Lizard ecology; Thecadactylus rapicauda; Tropics

Indexed keywords

CLUTCH SIZE; DIET; LIZARD; PREY SIZE SELECTION;

SOUTH AMERICA, AMAZONIA;

HEMIDACTYLUS; THECADACTYLUS RAPICAUDA;

EID: 0031458041     PISSN: 00180831     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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