A study using eight rapidly growing young green iguanas (Iguana iguana; initial mean weight 68.0 ยฑ 3.8 gm) examined the changes in the wave replacement of teeth, the increased size of the teeth, and the posterior migration of tooth positions over a period of 16 weeks. The teeth increase in width as
Group size and growth rate in hatchling green iguanas (Iguana iguana)
โ Scribed by Gordon M. Burghardt; A. Stanley Rand
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 1985
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 362 KB
- Volume
- 18
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0340-5443
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