Reproduction in the boulder spiny lizard, Sceloporus pyrocephalus (Sauria: Phrynosomatidae), from a tropical dry forest of México

Journal of Herpetology

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 225-231

  Ramírez Bautista, Aurelio ^a   Olvera Becerril, Víctor ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DEL ESTADO DE HIDALGO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHRYNOSOMATINAE; PYROCEPHALUS; SAURIA; SCELOPORUS; SCELOPORUS PYROCEPHALUS; SQUAMATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 3142740286     PISSN: 00221511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1670/200-01A     Document Type: Article

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