Reproductive ecology of the parthenogenetic whip tail lizard Cnemidophorus nativo in a Brazilian restinga habitat

Journal of Herpetology

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 280-282

  Menezes, Vanderlaine A ^a   Rocha, Carlos F D ^a,b   Dutra, Guilherme F ^c  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b Projeta Abrolhos ^*  (Brazil)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CNEMIDOPHORUS; CNEMIDOPHORUS NATIVO; SQUAMATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 3142690554     PISSN: 00221511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1670/219-02N     Document Type: Article

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