The systematics of chuckwallas (Sauromalus) with a phylogenetic analysis of other iguanid lizards

Herpetological Monographs

Volumn 12, Issue , 1998, Pages 38-191

  Hollingsworth, Bradford D ^a,b,c  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c LA SIERRA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Distribution; Historical biogeography; Iguanidae; Iguanina; Morphology; Natural history; Phylogeny; Sauromalus; Speciation; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

AMBLYRHYNCHUS; BRACHYLOPHUS; CONOLOPHUS; CTENOSAURA; CYCLURA; DIPSOSAURUS; IGUANA; IGUANIDAE; SAUROMALUS; SAUROMALUS ATER; SQUAMATA;

EID: 0002265520     PISSN: 07331347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.2307/1467020     Document Type: Article

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