Changed substrate preferences shown by fringe-toed lizards, acanthodactylus scutellatus, from kuwait’s al-burgan oil field (reptilia: lacertidae)

Zoology in the Middle East

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 41-45

  Al Hashem, Mona A ^a   Brain, Paul F ^b  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

^b SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acanthodactylus scutellatus; Body colouration; Kuwait; Oil pollution; Substrate preference

Indexed keywords

COLOR MORPH; DESERT; LIZARD; MORPHOLOGY; OIL FIELD; OIL POLLUTION; SKIN; SUBSTRATE PREFERENCE;

ASIA; EURASIA; KUWAIT [MIDDLE EAST]; MIDDLE EAST;

ACANTHODACTYLUS SCUTELLATUS; REPTILIA; SQUAMATA;

EID: 67649532409     PISSN: 09397140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09397140.2009.10638326     Document Type: Article

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