An ethogram for adult male rainbow skinks, Carlia jarnoldae

Herpetological Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 141-148

  Langkilde, Tracy ^a,b   Schwarzkopf, Lin ^a   Alford, Ross ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Lizard; Social interactions; Visual signals

Indexed keywords

AVES; CARLIA; CARLIA JARNOLDAE; GALLIFORMES; SCINCIDAE; SQUAMATA;

EID: 1542318817     PISSN: 02680130     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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