Interspecific and intersexual variation in presacral vertebrae number in Podarcis bocagei and P. carbonelli

Amphibia Reptilia

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 288-292

  Kaliontzopoulou, Antigoni ^a,b   Carretero, Miguel A ^b   Llorente, Gustavo A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b CENTRO DE INVESTIGAÇÃO EM BIODIVERSIDADE E RECURSOS GENÉTICOS   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Anatomy; Lacertidae; Portugal; Sexual dimorphism; Skeleton

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; ENDEMIC SPECIES; INTERSPECIFIC VARIATION; LIZARD; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM; SKELETON;

EURASIA; EUROPE; IBERIAN PENINSULA; PORTUGAL; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

LACERTIDAE; PODARCIS BOCAGEI; SQUAMATA;

EID: 42649128406     PISSN: 01735373     EISSN: 15685381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156853808784125018     Document Type: Article

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