Observations of Mating Behavior and Reproduction in the Scincid Carlia jarnoldae

Herpetological Review

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 325-327

  Langkilde, Tracy ^a,b   Schwarzkopf, Lin ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARLIA; CARLIA JARNOLDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0346431882     PISSN: 0018084X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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