A photographic method for quantifying color characteristics and color patch dimensions in lizards

Herpetological Review

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 402-406

  Hamilton, Paul S ^a   Gaalema, Diann E ^a   Laage, Shannon L ^a   Sullivan, Brian K ^b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY WEST   (United States)

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