Reproductive characteristics of the Pyrenean high-mountain lizards: Iberolacerta aranica (Arribas, 1993), I. aurelioi (Arribas, 1994) and I. bonnali (Lantz, 1927)

Animal Biology

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 163-190

  Arribas, Oscar J ^a   Galán, Pedro ^b  

^a Universidade da Coruña ^*  (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF A CORUÑA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Alpine; I. aranica; I. aurelioi; Iberolacerta bonnali; Lacertidae; Life history; Lizards; Oviparity; Reproduction; Reptiles; Sex ratio; Viviparity

Indexed keywords

LIZARD; MOUNTAIN ENVIRONMENT; OVIPARITY; REPRODUCTIVE CYCLE; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; PYRENEES;

IBEROLACERTA; IBEROLACERTA ARANICA; IBEROLACERTA AURELIOI; IBEROLACERTA BONNALI; LACERTIDAE; REPTILIA; SQUAMATA;

EID: 31544464994     PISSN: 15707555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/1570756053993505     Document Type: Review

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