Reproduction of the viviparous lizard Liolaemus elongatus in the highlands of Southern South America: Plastic cycles in response to climate?

Herpetological Journal

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 99-105

  Ibargüengoytía, Nora R ^a   Cussac, Victor E ^a  

^a LABORATORIO ECOTONO   (Argentina)

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Indexed keywords

LIOLAEMUS ELONGATUS;

EID: 0031747168     PISSN: 02680130     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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