Social behavior and sex recognition in the Puerto Rican dwarf Gecko Sphaerodactylus nicholsi

Caribbean Journal of Science

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 77-93

  Regalado, Rubén ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLOR; COURTSHIP; LIZARD; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

AMPHIBIA; GEKKO; GEKKONIDAE; REPTILIA; SPHAERODACTYLUS; SPHAERODACTYLUS NICHOLSI; SQUAMATA;

EID: 0038671745     PISSN: 00086452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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