Giant and long-lived? Age structure in Macroscincus coctei, an extinct skink from Cape Verde

Amphibia Reptilia

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 459-470

  Andreone, Franco ^a   Guarino, Fabio M ^b  

^a MUSEO REGIONALE DI SCIENZE NATURALI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE STRUCTURE; BODY SIZE; EXTINCTION; LIZARD; PALEOECOLOGY; SKELETAL REMAINS;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CAPE VERDE;

MACROSCINCUS COCTEI;

EID: 1642305730     PISSN: 01735373     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156853803322763927     Document Type: Article

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