Relationship between copulation duration and sperm transfer in the lizard Anolis sagrei

Herpetologica

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 234-241

  Tokarz, Richard R ^a  

^a Department of Biology   (United States)

Author keywords

Anolis sagrei; Copulation duration; Lizard; Sperm transfer

Indexed keywords

COPULATION; LIZARD; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; SPERM;

ANOLIS SAGREI;

EID: 0032827667     PISSN: 00180831     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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