Prolonged cycles as a common reproductive pattern in viviparous lizards from Patagonia, Argentina: Reproductive cycle of Phymaturus patagonicus

Journal of Herpetology

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 73-79

  Ibargüengoytía, Nora R ^a,b  

^a LABORATORIO ECOTONO   (Argentina)

^b Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IGUANIA; LIOLAEMINAE; LIOLAEMUS; PHYMATURUS; PHYMATURUS PATAGONICA; PHYMATURUS PATAGONICUS; SQUAMATA; VERTEBRATA; ZOOTOCA VIVIPARA;

EID: 2142791780     PISSN: 00221511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1670/47-02A     Document Type: Article

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