Temperature selection and thermoregulation in the Moorish gecko, Tarentola mauritanica

Amphibia Reptilia

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 269-282

  Arad, Zeev ^a   Schwarzbaum, Amir ^a   Werner, Yehudah L ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEKKO; PTYODACTYLUS; PTYODACTYLUS GUTTATUS; TARENTOLA; TARENTOLA MAURITANICA;

EID: 3342979001     PISSN: 01735373     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156853897X00152     Document Type: Article

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