Reproductive and fat body cycles of Tropidurus hispidus and Tropidurus semitaeniatus (Squamata, Tropiduridae) in a caatinga area of northeastern Brazil Ciclos reproductivos y de grasa corporal de Tropidurus hispidus y Tropidurus semitaeniatus (Squamata, Tropiduridae) en una área de caatinga del nordeste de Brasil

Reproductive and fat body cycles of Tropidurus hispidus and Tropidurus semitaeniatus (Squamata, Tropiduridae) in a caatinga area of northeastern Brazil Ciclos reproductivos y de grasa corporal de Tropidurus hispidus y Tropidurus semitaeniatus (Squamata, Tropiduridae) en una área de caatinga del nordeste de Brasil

This study assessed the reproductive and fat body cycles of Tropidurus hispidus (Spix, 1825) and T. semitaeniatus (Spix, 1825) in an area of caatinga in the Serido of Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil, from October 2006 to May 2008. In both species, the females were reproductively active from the middle o...

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Main Authors: LEONARDO B. RIBEIRO, NAISANDRA B. SILVA, ELIZA M. X. FREIRE
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2012-09-01
Series:Revista Chilena de Historia Natural
Subjects:
relación tamaño corporal y fecundidad
reproducción
tamaño de la postura
tamaño mínimo de madurez
semiárido
body size-fecundity
clutch size
minimum size at maturity
reproduction
semiarid
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