Differential handling of dangerous and non-dangerous prey by naive and experienced texas spotted whiptail lizards, Cnemidophorus gularis

Journal of Herpetology

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 75-79

  O'Connell, Daniel J ^a   Formanowicz Jr , Daniel R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACHETA DOMESTICA; CENTRUROIDES VITTATUS; CNEMIDOPHORUS GULARIS;

EID: 0031804152     PISSN: 00221511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1565482     Document Type: Article

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