Life history of a fossorial lizard, Neoseps reynoldsi

Journal of Herpetology

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 389-395

  Ashton, Kyle G ^a,b  

^a ARCHBOLD BIOLOGICAL STATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NEOSEPS; NEOSEPS REYNOLDSI; SQUAMATA;

EID: 25844443455     PISSN: 00221511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1670/148-04A.1     Document Type: Article

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