Body temperatures of two viviparous Liolaemus lizard species, in Patagonian rain forest and steppe

Herpetological Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 131-134

  Ibargüengoytía, Nora R ^a   Cussac, Víctor E ^a  

^a LABORATORIO ECOTONO   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Body temperature; Liolaemus; Lizard; Reproduction; Thermoregulation

Indexed keywords

LIOLAEMUS; SQUAMATA;

EID: 0036665278     PISSN: 02680130     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Note

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