Fecundity in captivity of the green anoles, Anolis carolinensis, established on the Ogasawara Islands

Current Herpetology

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 82-88

  Toda, Mitsuhiko ^a   Komatsu, Noriyuki ^b   Takahashi, Hiroo ^a   Nakagawa, Naomi ^a   Sukigara, Naozumi ^a  

^a JAPAN WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (Japan)

^b Division of Research and Development   (Japan)

Author keywords

Breeding season; Egg laying cycle; Egg laying site; Population management; World Natural Heritage

Indexed keywords

EID: 84882310788     PISSN: 13455834     EISSN: 18811019     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5358/hsj.32.82     Document Type: Article

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