Ecological characteristics of the skink, Mabuya longicaudata, on a tropical East Asian island

Copeia

Volumn , Issue 2, 2006, Pages 293-300

  Huang, Wen San ^a  

^a NATIONAL MUSEUM OF NATURAL SCIENCE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIET; HABITAT USE; LIZARD; MORPHOLOGY; REPRODUCTIVE CYCLE;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; TAIWAN;

CICADELLIDAE; COLEOPTERA; GRYLLIDAE; HEMIPTERA; MABUYA; MABUYA LONGICAUDATA; ORTHOPTERA; SCARABAEIDAE; SQUAMATA; TETTIGONIIDAE;

EID: 33744792302     PISSN: 00458511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1643/0045-8511(2006)6[293:ECOTSM]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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