The lizard Psammodromus algirus (Squamata: Lacertidae) is darker at high altitudes

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 112, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 132-141

  Reguera, Senda ^a   Zamora Camacho, Francisco J ^a   Moreno Rueda, Gregorio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Altitudinal gradient; Body colour; Darkened coloration; Thermal melanism; Ultraviolet radiation

Indexed keywords

LACERTIDAE; PSAMMODROMUS ALGIRUS; SQUAMATA;

EID: 84898841527     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: 10958312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/bij.12250     Document Type: Article

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