Age and growth of the Patagonian lizard Phymaturus patagonicus

Amphibia Reptilia

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 385-392

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

^a LABORATORIO ECOTONO   (Argentina)

^b Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas ^*  (Argentina)

^c SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; FECUNDITY; GROWTH; HISTOLOGY; LIZARD; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCTIVE CYCLE; SEXUAL MATURITY;

PHYMATURUS PATAGONICUS; SQUAMATA; ZOOTOCA VIVIPARA;

EID: 33748553350     PISSN: 01735373     EISSN: 15685381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156853806778189981     Document Type: Article

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