Female reproductive cycles of Phrynocephalus przewalskii (Lacertilia: Agamidae) in the Tengger Desert, China

Asian Herpetological Research

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 30-35

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

^a LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Clutch size; Gonad cycle; Liver cycle; Lizard; Phrynocephalus przewalskii; Tengger Desert

Indexed keywords

EID: 82955251009     PISSN: 20950357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3724/SP.J.1245.2011.00030     Document Type: Article

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