Laboratory protocols for husbandry and embryo collection of Anolis lizards

Herpetological Review

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 58-63

  Sanger, Thomas J ^a,b   Hime, Paul M ^a   Johnson, Michele A ^a   Diani, Jack ^a   Losos, Jonathan B ^b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANOLIS; SQUAMATA;

EID: 41849133580     PISSN: 0018084X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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