Monitoring and managing the harvest of tegu lizards in Paraguay

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 70, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1723-1734

  Mieres, M Margarita ^a   Fitzgerald, Lee A ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Harvest monitoring; Paraguay; Reptile management; Skin trade; Tegu lizards; Tupinambis

Indexed keywords

COMMERCIAL SPECIES; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; EXPLOITATION; HARVESTING; LIZARD; MONITORING; SKIN; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

PARAGUAY; SOUTH AMERICA;

REPTILIA; SERPENTES; SQUAMATA; TUPINAMBIS; TUPINAMBIS NIGROPUNCTATUS;

EID: 33846787090     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/0022-541X(2006)70[1723:MAMTHO]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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