Thermal biology of the parthenogenetic whiptail lizards of the Cnemidophorus laredoensis complex (Sauria: Teiidae) in southern Texas

Texas Journal of Science

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 37-48

  Paulissen, Mark A ^a  

^a MCNEESE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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