Sensory cues for conspecific associations in aquatic San Marcos salamanders

Herpetologica

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 151-155

  Thaker, Maria ^a,b   Gabor, Caitlin R ^a   Fries, Joe N ^c  

^a Texas State University   (United States)

^b INDIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c National Fish Hatchery and Technology Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Aquatic salamander; Chemosensory; Eurycea nana; Sex identification

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ORGANISM; CHEMICAL CUE; CONSPECIFIC; LIZARD; NOCTURNAL ACTIVITY; SEX DETERMINATION; SIGNAL; VISUAL CUE;

CENTRAL AMERICA; GUATEMALA [CENTRAL AMERICA]; SAN MARCOS;

EURYCEA NANA; SALAMANDROIDEA;

EID: 33845708380     PISSN: 00180831     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1655/05-38.1     Document Type: Article

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