Reproductive cycle and brood size of Eumeces lynxe from Pinal de Amoles, Queretero, Mexico

Journal of Herpetology

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 18-24

  Ramirez Bautista, Aurelio ^a   Barba Torres, Juan ^a   Vitt, Laurie J ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EUMECES LYNXE;

EID: 0031804151     PISSN: 00221511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1565474     Document Type: Article

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