Sexual dimorphism in distance from cover but not escape behavior by the Keeled Earless Lizard Holbrookia propinqua

Journal of Herpetology

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 374-378

  Cooper Jr , William E ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY PURDUE UNIVERSITY FORT WAYNE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOLBROOKIA PROPINQUA; SQUAMATA;

EID: 0038011250     PISSN: 00221511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1670/0022-1511(2003)037[0374:SDIDFC]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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