Reproductive biology of Urosaurus bicarinatus (Sauria: Phrynosomatidae) from a tropical dry forest of Mexico

Southwestern Naturalist

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 381-390

  Ramírez Bautista, Aurelio ^a,b   Vitt, Laurie J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE ZOOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

UROSAURUS BICARINATUS;

EID: 0031720764     PISSN: 00384909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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