Reproductive ecology of the whiptail lizard Cnemidophorus lineatissimus (Squamata: Teiidae) in a Tropical Dry Forest

Copeia

Volumn , Issue 3, 2000, Pages 712-722

  Ramírez Bautista, Aurelio ^a   Balderas Valdivia, Carlos ^a   Vitt, Laurie J ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLUTCH SIZE; LIZARD; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; SEXUAL MATURITY;

CHAMELA; JALISCO STATE; MEXICO;

CNEMIDOPHORUS LINEATISSIMUS;

EID: 0342572598     PISSN: 00458511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1643/0045-8511(2000)000[0712:REOTWL]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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