Growth and reproduction of Gekko hokouensis (Reptilia: Squamata) on Okinawajima Island of the Ryukyu Archipelago, Japan

Journal of Herpetology

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 473-479

  Okada, Shigeru ^a   Izawa, Masako ^a   Ota, Hidetoshi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEKKO; GEKKO HOKOUENSIS; REPTILIA; SQUAMATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0036748026     PISSN: 00221511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1670/0022-1511(2002)036[0473:GAROGH]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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