Reproductive phenology of three lizard species in Costa Rica, with comments on seasonal reproduction of neotropical lizards

Journal of Herpetology

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 341-348

  Watling, James I ^a   Waddle, J Hardin ^a,b   Kizirian, David ^a,c   Donnelly, Maureen A ^a  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEKKO; LEPIDOBLEPHARIS XANTHOSTIGMA; NOROPS LIMIFRONS; SPHENOMORPHUS CHERRIEI; SQUAMATA;

EID: 25844517551     PISSN: 00221511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1670/80-02A.1     Document Type: Review

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