Diet, activity, and microhabitat use of two syntopic Tropidurus species (Lacertilia: Tropiduridae) in Minas Gerais, Brazil

Journal of Herpetology

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 606-611

  Van Sluys, Monique ^a   Rocha, Carlos Frederico Duarte ^a   Vrcibradic, Davor ^a   Aleksander, Conrado ^a   Galdino, Barbosa ^a   Fontes, Angélica Figueira ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPODA; FORMICIDAE; LACERTILIA; SQUAMATA; TROPIDURINAE; TROPIDURUS; TROPIDURUS HISPIDUS; TROPIDURUS MONTANUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 11244281658     PISSN: 00221511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1670/218-03N     Document Type: Article

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