Aspects of the ecology of the Arabian spiny-tailed lizard (Uromastyx aegyptia microlepis BLANFORD, 1875) at Mahazat as-Sayd protected area, Saudi Arabia

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Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 131-140

  Wilms, Thomas M ^a   Wagner, Philipp ^b   Shobrak, Mohammed ^c   Lutzmann, Nicolá ^d   Böhme, Wolfgang ^b  

^a Zoologischer Garten Frankfurt   (Germany)

^b ZOOLOGISCHES FORSCHUNGSMUSEUM ALEXANDER KOENIG   (Germany)

^c TAIF UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^d NONE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Agamidae; Burrow morphology; Ecological observations; Home range; Microclimate use; Morphology; Saudi Arabia; Sauria; Squamata; Uromastyx

Indexed keywords

AGAMIDAE; ANIMALIA; SAURIA; SQUAMATA; UROMASTYX; UROMASTYX AEGYPTIA MICROLEPIS;

EID: 77956036193     PISSN: 00363375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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