Geographic patterns of morphological variation in the lizard Podarcis carbonelli, a species with fragmented distribution

Herpetological Journal

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 41-50

  Kaliontzopoulou, Antigoni ^a,b   Carretero, Miguel A ^a   Sillero, Neftalí ^c  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Biometry; Iberian peninsula; Intraspecific variation; Scalation

Indexed keywords

LACERTIDAE; PODARCIS CARBONELLI; SQUAMATA;

EID: 77953016939     PISSN: 02680130     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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