Faeces avoidance behaviour in unisexual and bisexual geckos

Herpetological Journal

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 169-172

  Brown, Susan G ^a   Gomes, Farrah ^a   Miles, Frederick L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII AT HILO   (United States)

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HEMIDACTYLUS FRENATUS;

EID: 0031648115     PISSN: 02680130     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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