Morphological variation in the Cape Dwarf Chameleon (Bradypodion pumilum) as a consequence of spatially explicit habitat structure differences

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 102, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 878-888

  Hopkins, Kevin P ^a,b   Tolley, Krystal A ^a,b  

^a SOUTH AFRICAN NATIONAL BIODIVERSITY INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

^b STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Fynbos; Lizards; Morphometrics; Reptiles; South Africa

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; CRYPSIS; DISJUNCT DISTRIBUTION; HABITAT STRUCTURE; HABITAT TYPE; LIZARD; MORPHOLOGY; MORPHOMETRY; ORNAMENTATION; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM; SEXUAL SELECTION;

SOUTH AFRICA;

BRADYPODION PUMILUM; CHAMAELEONIDAE; REPTILIA; SQUAMATA;

EID: 79952600538     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: 10958312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2011.01618.x     Document Type: Article

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