Reproductive biology of the southernmost Gecko Homonota darwini: Convergent life-history patterns among southern hemisphere reptiles living in harsh environments

Journal of Herpetology

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 72-80

  Ibargüengoytía, Nora R ^a,b   Casalins, Laura M ^a  

^a LABORATORIO ECOTONO   (Argentina)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEKKONIDAE; REPTILIA; SQUAMATA;

EID: 34248593148     PISSN: 00221511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1670/0022-1511(2007)41[72:RBOTSG]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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