Population characteristics and egg production of the yellow-margined box turtle, Cuora flavomarginata flavomarginata, in northern Taiwan

Herpetologica

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 487-498

  Chen, Tien Hsi ^a,b   Lue, Kuang Yang ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b Provisional Office   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cuora f. flavomarginata; Population structure; Reproduction; Sexual size dimorphism; Taiwan; Yellow margined box turtle

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; EGG PRODUCTION; POPULATION STRUCTURE; RADIOGRAPHY; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; TAIWAN;

EGG PRODUCTION; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; REPRODUCTION; TURTLE;

TAIWAN;

CUORA FLAVOMARGINATA;

EID: 0033387635     PISSN: 00180831     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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