Reproductive cycles of the grass lizard, Takydromus hsuehshanensis, with comments on reproductive patterns of lizards from the central high elevation area of Taiwan

Copeia

Volumn , Issue 4, 1998, Pages 866-873

  Huang, Wen San ^a  

^a NATIONAL MUSEUM OF NATURAL SCIENCE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FEMALE BEHAVIOR; MALE BEHAVIOR; REPRODUCTIVE CYCLE; SEASONALITY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

TAIWAN;

SQUAMATA; TAKYDROMUS HSUEHSHANENSIS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0032583551     PISSN: 00458511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1447333     Document Type: Article

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