Ecology of Wahlberg's velvet gecko, Homopholis wahlbergii, in southern Africa

African Zoology

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 38-44

  Whiting, Martin J ^a,b   Reaney, Leeann T ^a   Keogh, J Scott ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Diet; Life history; Lizard; Reproduction; Sexual size dimorphism

Indexed keywords

DIET; EGG SIZE; LIFE HISTORY; LIZARD; MUSEUM; PREY SELECTION; PREY SIZE; REPRODUCTIVE CYCLE; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM; SEXUAL MATURITY;

AFRICA; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

COLEOPTERA; DIPLOPODA; GEKKONIDAE; HOMOPHOLIS; INVERTEBRATA; LEPIDOPTERA; SQUAMATA;

EID: 34249308530     PISSN: 15627020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3377/1562-7020(2007)42[38:EOWVGH]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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