Growth and body condition of the saxicolous lizard Tropidurus itambere in southeastern Brazil

Journal of Herpetology

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 359-365

  Van Sluys, Monique ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TROPIDURUS ITAMBERE;

EID: 0031750943     PISSN: 00221511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1565450     Document Type: Article

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