Aspects of the thermal biology of the six-lined racerunner, Cnemidophorus sexlineatus (Squamata:Teiidae) in West-Central Florida

Journal of Thermal Biology

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 529-535

  Witz, Brian W ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b NAZARETH COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cnemidophorus sexlineatus; Critical thermal maximum; Geographic variation; Lizard; Physiological evolution; Preferred temperature; Thermal physiology

Indexed keywords

ASPIDOSCELIS SEXLINEATA; CNEMIDOPHORUS; SQUAMATA; TEIIDAE;

EID: 0035164762     PISSN: 03064565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-4565(00)00020-6     Document Type: Article

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