The function of tail displays in male rainbow skinks (Carlia jarnoldae)

Journal of Herpetology

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 325-328

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

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARLIA JARNOLDAE; SCINCIDAE; SQUAMATA;

EID: 21244497286     PISSN: 00221511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1670/0022-1511(2005)039[0325:TFOTDI]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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