Growth and age of the southernmost distributed gecko of the world (Homonota darwini) studied by skeletochronology

Amphibia Reptilia

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 393-400

  Piantoni, Carla ^a,c   Ibargüengoytía, Nora R ^a,b   Cussac, Victor E ^a,b  

^a LABORATORIO ECOTONO   (Argentina)

^b Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

^c SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; CHRONOLOGY; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; GROWTH; LONGEVITY; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL MATURITY; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

GEKKO; GEKKONIDAE; SQUAMATA;

EID: 33748525540     PISSN: 01735373     EISSN: 15685381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156853806778190060     Document Type: Article

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