Interrelationships and evolution of the east Asian grass lizards, Takydromus (Squamata: Lacertidae)

Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 119, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 267-296

  Arnold, E N ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Character assembly; Clutch size; Evolution; Miolacerta; Natural history; Phylogeny; Platyplacopus

Indexed keywords

LACERTIDAE; SQUAMATA; TAKYDROMUS; TAKYDROMUS SEXLINEATUS;

EID: 0031516576     PISSN: 00244082     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.1997.tb00138.x     Document Type: Article

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