A unique life history among tetrapods: An annual chameleon living mostly as an egg

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 105, Issue 26, 2008, Pages 8980-8984

  Karsten, Kristopher B ^a   Andriamandimbiarisoa, Laza N ^b   Fox, Stanley F ^a   Raxworthy, Christopher J ^c  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTANANARIVO   (Madagascar)

^c DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Lizard; Longevity; Madagascar; Semelparity; Senescence

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREEDING; EGG; HATCHLING; LIFESPAN; LONGEVITY; MADAGASCAR; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEXUAL MATURITY; VERTEBRATE; ANIMAL; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LIFE CYCLE; LIZARD; MALE; OOCYTE; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

CHAMAELEONIDAE; FURCIFER LABORDI; SQUAMATA; TETRAPODA; VERTEBRATA;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; LIZARDS; MADAGASCAR; MALE; OVUM; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

EID: 48249093053     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0802468105     Document Type: Article

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