Chemical discrimination of potential food items by a Xantusiid lizard, Lepidophyma flavimaculatum

Journal of Herpetology

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 323-325

  Cooper Jr , William E ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEPIDOPHYMA FLAVIMACULATUM; SQUAMATA; VERTEBRATA; XANTUSIIDAE;

EID: 0343134551     PISSN: 00221511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1565436     Document Type: Article

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