Morphological variation and sexual dimorphism of the cephalic scales in Lacerta bilineata

Acta Zoologica

Volumn 86, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 245-254

  Bruner, Emiliano ^a   Costantini, David ^a   Fanfani, Alberto ^a   Dell'Omo, Giacomo ^b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Euclidean Distance Matrix Analysis; Geometric morphometrics; Green lizard; Head morphology; Sexual dimorphism

Indexed keywords

LIZARD; MORPHOLOGY; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM; SKULL;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

LACERTA BILINEATA; LACERTIDAE; SQUAMATA;

EID: 29044440193     PISSN: 00017272     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-6395.2005.00206.x     Document Type: Article

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