Possible phylogenetic constraint on clutch size in the parthenogenetic teiid lizard Cnemidophorus neotesselatus

Journal of Herpetology

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 319-323

  Taylor, Harry L ^a   Walker, James M ^b   Cordes, James E ^c  

^a REGIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

^c LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; CNEMIDOPHORUS; CNEMIDOPHORUS NEOTESSELATUS; REPTILIA; SQUAMATA; TEIIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0032755945     PISSN: 00221511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1565733     Document Type: Article

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