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Local Variation in Habits of the Lizard, Amblyrhyncus cristatus
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Local Variation in Habits of the Lizard, Amblyrhyncus cristatus

  • J. G. WYATT TILBY1 

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ON a recent visit to the Galapagos Archipelago I noticed a point concerning Amblyrhyncus cristatus, an aquatic species, which might be of interest as a footnote to Darwin's observations on the same reptile.

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TILBY, J. Local Variation in Habits of the Lizard, Amblyrhyncus cristatus. Nature 135, 151 (1935). https://doi.org/10.1038/135151b0

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