Size dimorphism in Rankinia [Tympanocryptis] diemensis (Family Agamidae): sex-specific patterns and geographic variation
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REPRODUCTIVE ECOLOGY OF THE MOUNTAIN DRAGON, RANKINIA (TYMPANOCRYPTlS) DIEMENSIS (REPTILIA: SQUAMATA: AGAMIDAE) IN TASMANIA
The mountain dragon, Rankinta (7ympanocryptis) diemensis (Gray, 1841), is the only member of the Agamidae in Tasmania. It occurs in some of the coldest regions occupied by any dragon in Australia, and is found in a variety of habitats ranging from coastal heath to alpine scrub. This paper examines the reproductive ecology of R. diemensis in the most southerly range of its distribution, providin...
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عنوان ژورنال: Biological Journal of the Linnean Society
سال: 2008
ISSN: 0024-4066,1095-8312
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2008.01026.x