Temperature preference in geckos: Diel variation in juveniles and adults

Herpetologica

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 212-222

  Angilletta Jr , Michael J ^a   Montgomery, Lynda G ^a,c   Werner, Yehudah L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Body temperature; Diel variation; Gekkonidae; Thermoregulation

Indexed keywords

DIEL VARIATION; LIZARD; TEMPERATURE; THERMOREGULATION;

COLEONYX MITRATUS; EUBLEPHARIS MACULARIUS; HEMIDACTYLUS TURCICUS; OEDURA MARMORATA; OEDURA RETICULATA;

EID: 0344631710     PISSN: 00180831     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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