Ecology and reproductive patterns of the grass lizard, Takydromus sauteri, in a tropical rain forest of an East Asian island

Journal of Herpetology

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 267-273

  Huang, Wen San ^a,b  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b NATIONAL MUSEUM OF NATURAL SCIENCE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARANEAE; HEMIPTERA; MISCANTHUS; MISCANTHUS FLORIDULUS; ORCHIDACEAE; SQUAMATA; TAKYDROMUS SAUTERI;

EID: 33845315870     PISSN: 00221511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1670/105-05N.1     Document Type: Article

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