Ecology of Sceloporus undulatus speari (Sauria: Phrynosomatidae) from North-Central Chihuahua, México

Journal of Herpetology

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 722-725

  Lemos Espinal, Julio A ^a   Smith, Geoffrey R ^b   Ballinger, Royce E ^c   Smith, Hobart M ^d  

^a Laboratorio de Ecología   (Mexico)

^b DENISON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLEOPTERA; HYMENOPTERA; PERCIDAE; PHRYNOSOMATINAE; SAURIA; SCELOPORUS; SCELOPORUS UNDULATUS; SCELOPORUS UNDULATUS SPEARI; SQUAMATA; VERTEBRATA; YUCCA;

EID: 0345802388     PISSN: 00221511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1670/206-02A     Document Type: Article

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