Geographic variation in clutch and egg size for the lizard Phrynocephalus przewalskii (Squamata: Agamidae)

Asian Herpetological Research

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 97-102

  Wang, Yajuan ^a   Ji, Weihong ^b   Zhao, Wei ^a   Nannan, Yu ^a   Liu, Naifa ^a  

^a LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Clutch size; Egg size; Geographic variation; Phrynocephalus przewalskii; Reproductive parameter

Indexed keywords

EID: 82955219550     PISSN: 20950357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3724/SP.J.1245.2011.00097     Document Type: Article

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