The body size, age structure and growth pattern of the endemic balkan mosor rock lizard (Dinarolacerta Mosorensis Kolombatoviæ, 1886)

Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 55-71

  Tomasevic Kolarov N ^a   Ljubisavljevic K ^a   Polovic L ^b   Dzukic G ^a   Kalezic M L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

^b Natural History Museum of Montenegro   (Montenegro)

Author keywords

Endemic species; Lacertid lizards; Longevity; Skeletochronology

Indexed keywords

LACERTIDAE; PETROSAURUS; SQUAMATA;

EID: 77954211118     PISSN: 12178837     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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