Annual reproductive activity of a population of Cnemidophorus lemniscatus (Squamata: Teiidae)

Journal of Herpetology

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 35-42

  Mojica, Beatriz H ^a   Rey, Beatriz H ^a   Serrano, Víctor H ^a   Ramírez Pinilla, Martha P ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD INDUSTRIAL DE SANTANDER   (Colombia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CNEMIDOPHORUS LEMNISCATUS; SQUAMATA; TEIIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0037359201     PISSN: 00221511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1670/0022-1511(2003)037[0035:ARAOAP]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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