Male preference for large females in the lizard Platysaurus broadleyi

Journal of Herpetology

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 309-312

  Whiting, Martin J ^a,b   Bateman, Philip W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b Transvaal Museum   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLATYSAURUS; PLATYSAURUS BROADLEYI; SQUAMATA;

EID: 0032706351     PISSN: 00221511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1565730     Document Type: Article

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