Reproduction and sexual dimorphism in the montane viviparous lizard, Pseudocordylus capensis (Sauria: Cordylidae)

African Zoology

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 156-165

  Van Wyk, J H ^a   Mouton, P LeF N ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

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