Feeding ecology of the lizard Tropidurus oreadicus Rodrigues 1987 (Tropiduridae) at Serra dos Carajás, Pará state, northern Brazil

Brazilian Journal of Biology

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 109-113

  Rocha, C F D ^a   Siqueira, C C ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Feeding ecology; Tropiduridae; Tropidurus oreadicus

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CLASSIFICATION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; LIZARD; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; STOMACH JUICE;

ANIMALS; BRAZIL; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL CONTENTS; LIZARDS; MALE;

ARTHROPODA; FORMICIDAE; ORTHOPTERA; SENNA; SQUAMATA; TROPIDURINAE; TROPIDURUS; TROPIDURUS OREADICUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 43649108580     PISSN: 15196984     EISSN: 16784375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1519-69842008000100015     Document Type: Article

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