Ecological distribution of the geckos taretitola mauritanica and hemidactylus turcicus in the urban area of rome in relation to age of buildings and condition of the walls

Journal of Herpetology

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 316-319

  Luiselli, Luca ^a,b   Capizzi, Dario ^a  

^a Environmental Studies Centre DEMETRA   (Italy)

^b Istititto Nazionale per la Fauna Sclmtica   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEKKONIDAE; HEMIDACTYLUS TURCICUS; TARENTOLA MAURITANICA;

EID: 0032727408     PISSN: 00221511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1565732     Document Type: Article

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