Colour polymorphism in a population of the common lizard, Zootoca vivipara (Squamata: Lacertidae)

Folia Zoologica

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 131-136

  Gvoždík, Lumír ^a,b  

^a PALACKÝ UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b INSTITUTE OF VERTEBRATE BIOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Body condition; Heating rates; Melanism

Indexed keywords

COLOR MORPH; LIZARD; POLYMORPHISM;

CZECH REPUBLIC;

EID: 18744437188     PISSN: 01397893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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