Multiennial reproduction in females of a viviparous, temperate-zone skink, Tiliqua nigrolutea

Herpetologica

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 407-414

  Edwards, Ashley ^a   Jones, Susan M ^a   Wapstra, Erik ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Lizard; Multiennial cycle; Relative clutch mass; Reproductive frequency; Skink; Temperate zone; Tiliqua nigrolutea; Viviparous

Indexed keywords

CLUTCH SIZE; LIZARD; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT; VIVIPARITY;

AMPHIBIA; REPTILIA; SQUAMATA; TILIQUA; TILIQUA NIGROLUTEA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0036883504     PISSN: 00180831     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1655/0018-0831(2002)058[0407:MRIFOA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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