Annual variations of thyroid activity in the lizard podarcis sicula (squamata, lacertidae)

Italian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 263-267

  Sciarrillo, Rosaria ^a   Laforgia, Vincenza ^b   Cavagnuolo, Antimo ^b   Varano, Lorenzo ^b   Virgilio, Francesca ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANNIO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Lizard; Podareis sicula; Thyroid

Indexed keywords

EID: 0040623588     PISSN: 11250003     EISSN: 17485851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/11250000009356321     Document Type: Article

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