Subspeciation or none? The hardun in the Aegean (Reptilia: Sauria: Agamidae: Laudakia stellio)

Journal of Natural History

Volumn 39, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 567-586

  Almog, Amit ^a,b   Bonen, Hamutal ^a,c   Herman, Karin ^a,c   Werner, Yehudah L ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b Anatot   (Israel)

^c NONE   (Israel)

Author keywords

Aegean islands; Agama stellio; Anatolia; Asymmetry; Greece; Laudakia stellio; Seligmann effect; Sexual dimorphism; Subspeciation

Indexed keywords

LIZARD; SUBSPECIES; TAXONOMY;

ANATOLIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; TURKEY; WORLD;

AGAMA; AGAMIDAE; LAUDAKIA; LAUDAKIA STELLIO; REPTILIA; SAURIA;

EID: 13244268494     PISSN: 00222933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00222930400001293     Document Type: Article

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