Structure of claws and toes of two tropidurid lizard species of Restinga from Southeastern Brazil: Adaptations to the vertical use of the habitat

Revista Chilena de Historia Natural

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 599-606

  Carvalho Ribas, Sueli ^a   Rosario Velloso, Ana Lucia ^a   Teixeira Filho, Pedro ^a,b   Rocha Barbosa, Oscar ^a   Evangelista, Heitor ^a   Dos Santos, Elaine Alves ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b Campo de S Cristovao 177   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Claw; Ecomorphology; Lizard; Microhabitat use; Tropiduridae

Indexed keywords

LIOLAEMUS LUTZAE; SQUAMATA; TROPIDURINAE; TROPIDURUS TORQUATUS;

EID: 13944279282     PISSN: 0716078X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4067/S0716-078X2004000400003     Document Type: Article

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