Variation in carapace morphology and reproduction in the red-eared slider Trachemys scripta elegans

Journal of Herpetology

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 294-298

  Tucker, John K ^a   Janzen, Fredric J ^b   Paukstis, Gary L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INVERTEBRATA; TRACHEMYS; TRACHEMYS SCRIPTA; TRACHEMYS SCRIPTA ELEGANS;

EID: 0031864843     PISSN: 00221511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1565315     Document Type: Article

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