Modulated but conserved segmental growth of the original tail in Callisaurus draconoides (Phrynosomatidae) and Calotes versicolor (Agamidae)

Herpetologica

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 62-74

  Bergmann, Philip J ^a,b   Hobbs, Amanda M ^a   Kavalench, Miranda L ^a   Russell, Anthony P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b Tulane University   (United States)

Author keywords

Callisaurus draconoides; Calotes versicolor; Ecomorphology; Growth; Iguania; Morphometrics; Tail; Vertebrae

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRY; GROWTH; LIZARD; MORPHOMETRY;

AGAMIDAE; AMPHIBIA; ANOLIS; ANOLIS GRAHAMI; CALLISAURUS; CALLISAURUS DRACONOIDES; CALLISAURUS DRACONOIDES VENTRALIS; CALOTES; CALOTES VERSICOLOR; IGUANIA; PHRYNOSOMATINAE; REPTILIA; SQUAMATA;

EID: 1242321395     PISSN: 00180831     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1655/03-05     Document Type: Review

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