Inter- and intraspecific variation in the post-natal skull of some lacertid lizards

Journal of Zoology

Volumn 245, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 393-405

  Barahona, Fabiola ^a   Barbadillo, Luis Javier ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Intraspecific interspecific variation; Lacertidae; Post natal skull development; Squamata

Indexed keywords

ACANTHODACTYLUS ERYTHRURUS; ALGYROIDES MARCHI; GALLOTIA GALLOTI; LACERTA MONTICOLA; LACERTA VIVIPARA; PODARCIS BOCAGEI; PODARCIS HISPANICA; PODARCIS MURALIS; PSAMMODROMUS ALGIRUS; PSAMMODROMUS HISPANICUS;

EID: 0031697408     PISSN: 09528369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0952836998008036     Document Type: Article

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