Sexual dimorphism and female reproduction in two sympatric toad-headed lizards, Phrynocephalus frontalis and P. versicolor (Agamidae)

Animal Biology

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 139-151

  Qu, Yan Fu ^a   Gao, Jian Fang ^a   Mao, Lu Xi ^a   Ji, Xiang ^a  

^a NANJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Agamidae; Phrynocephalus; reproductive life history; Reptilia; sexual dimorphism; sympatric species

Indexed keywords

BREEDING SEASON; CLUTCH SIZE; DIVERGENCE; EGG SIZE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; LIZARD; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM; SYMPATRY;

CHINA; NEI MONGGOL;

AGAMIDAE; ANURA; PHRYNOCEPHALUS; PHRYNOCEPHALUS FRONTALIS; PHRYNOCEPHALUS VERSICOLOR; REPTILIA; SQUAMATA;

EID: 79957615262     PISSN: 15707555     EISSN: 15707563     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/157075511X566470     Document Type: Article

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