A review of Ecuadorian Proctoporus (Squamata: Gymnophthalmidae) with descriptions of nine new species

Herpetological Monographs

Volumn 10, Issue , 1996, Pages 85-155

  Kizirian, David A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecuador; Gymnophthalmidae; New species; Proctoporus; Squamata

Indexed keywords

GYMNOPHTHALMIDAE; PROCTOPORUS; SQUAMATA;

EID: 0002947512     PISSN: 07331347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.2307/1466981     Document Type: Review

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