Reproduction in the lizard Phyllodactylus lanei (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from the Pacific Coast of Mexico

Copeia

Volumn , Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-9

  Ramírez Sandoval, Elizabeth ^a   Ramírez Bautista, Aurelio ^a   Vitt, Laurie J ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DEL ESTADO DE HIDALGO   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIFE HISTORY; LIZARD; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; REPRODUCTIVE CYCLE;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC COAST [MEXICO]; PACIFIC COAST [NORTH AMERICA];

GEKKO; GEKKONIDAE; PHYLLODACTYLUS LANEI; REPTILIA; SQUAMATA;

EID: 33644928054     PISSN: 00458511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1643/0045-8511(2006)006[0001:RITLPL]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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