Hemidactylus frenatus (Squamata: Gekkonidae): Call frequency, movement and condition of tail in Costa Rica

Revista de Biologia Tropical

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1125-1130

  Frenkel, Caty ^a  

^a NONE   (Ecuador)

Author keywords

Autotomy; Call frequency; Gecko distribution; Hemidactylus frenatus; Seasonality; Temperature

Indexed keywords

GEKKONIDAE; HEMIDACTYLUS FRENATUS; SQUAMATA;

EID: 45849143601     PISSN: 00347744     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15517/rbt.v54i4.3088     Document Type: Article

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