Does the lizard Platysaurus broadleyi aggregate because of social factors?

Journal of Herpetology

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 354-359

  Schutz, Luke ^a   Stuart Fox, Devi ^a   Whiting, Martin J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEXAPODA; PLATYSAURUS BROADLEYI; SQUAMATA;

EID: 35148849340     PISSN: 00221511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1670/0022-1511(2007)41[354:DTLPBA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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