Are viviparity and egg-guarding evolutionarily labile in squamates?

Herpetologica

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 556-573

  Blackburn, Daniel G ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Egg guarding; Evolution; Oviparity; Reproduction; Squamates; Viviparity

Indexed keywords

EGG; EVOLUTION; LIZARD; VIVIPARITY;

EID: 0033375563     PISSN: 00180831     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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