From oviparity to viviparity: A preliminary note on the morphometric differentiation between oviparous and viviparous species assigned to the genus Liolaemus (Reptilia, Squamata, Liolaemidae)

Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 152-156

  Cei, Jose Miguel ^a,d   Videla, Fernando ^b   Vicente, Luis ^c  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE QUÍMICA   (Argentina)

^b LABORATORIO DE ENTOMOLOGÍA   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^d NONE   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Liolaemus; Morphometry; Oviparous; Reproductive modes; Viviparous

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; LIZARD; MORPHOMETRY; OVIPARITY; VIVIPARITY;

AMPHIBIA; LIOLAEMINAE; LIOLAEMUS; REPTILIA; SQUAMATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0042358841     PISSN: 09475745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1439-0469.2003.00218.x     Document Type: Article

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