Advances in methodologies of sexing and marking less dimorphic gekkonid lizards: The study case of the Moorish gecko, Tarentola mauritanica

Amphibia Reptilia

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 449-454

  Atzori, Antonio ^a   Berti, Federica ^a   Cencetti, Tommaso ^b   Fornasiero, Sara ^a   Tamburini, Matteo ^b   Zuffi, Marco A L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; LASER; LIZARD; MARKING METHOD; MORPHOLOGY; SEX DETERMINATION;

GEKKONIDAE; SQUAMATA; TARENTOLA MAURITANICA;

EID: 34547935417     PISSN: 01735373     EISSN: 15685381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156853807781374719     Document Type: Article

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