Monthly distributions of size classes and reproductive status in Cnemidophorus tesselatus (Sauria: Teiidae) from southeastern Colorado

Herpetological Review

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 205-207

  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)

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Indexed keywords

CNEMIDOPHORUS TESSELATUS;

EID: 0033381164     PISSN: 0018084X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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