The language of lizards: Interpreting the function of visual displays of the Indian rock lizard, Psammophilus dorsalis (Agamidae)

Journal of Ethology

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 275-283

  Radder, Rajkumar S ^a,b   Saidapur, Srinivas K ^a   Shine, Richard ^b   Shanbhag, Bhagyashri A ^a  

^a KARNATAK UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Assertion display; Directed display; Lizards; Reptiles; Social display

Indexed keywords

AGAMIDAE; ANIMALIA; AVES; PETROSAURUS; SCIURIDAE; SQUAMATA;

EID: 33745942551     PISSN: 02890771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10164-006-0192-8     Document Type: Article

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