Thermal ecology of five Cnemidophorus species (Squamata: Teiidae) in east coast of Brazil

Journal of Thermal Biology

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 232-238

  Menezes, Vanderlaine Amaral ^a   Rocha, Carlos Frederico Duarte ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazil; Cnemidophorus; Lizard; Restinga; Teiidae; Thermal ecology

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; BODY TEMPERATURE; BRAZIL; CLOACA; CNEMIDOPHORUS ABAETENSIS; CNEMIDOPHORUS LACERTOIDES; CNEMIDOPHORUS LITTORALIS; CNEMIDOPHORUS NATIVO; CNEMIDOPHORUS OCELLIFER; COASTAL WATERS; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; GENDER; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION (SPECIES); LIZARD; MALE; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; THERMOMETER;

CNEMIDOPHORUS; CNEMIDOPHORUS LACERTOIDES; CNEMIDOPHORUS OCELLIFER; SQUAMATA; TEIIDAE;

EID: 79955928803     PISSN: 03064565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtherbio.2011.03.004     Document Type: Article

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