Morphological variation and geographical distribution in the south african lizards typhlosaurus caecus (cuvier 1817) and typhlosaurus vermis boulenger 1887 (scincidae: Acontinae)

African Journal of Herpetology

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 35-41

  Bates, Michael F ^a   Heideman, Neil J L ^a   Wilson, Brian A ^b   Hendricks, Martin G J ^c   Don, Nulfa ^b   Moses, Carlos ^b  

^a NATIONAL MUSEUM   (South Africa)

^b Soghne College of Education   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Acontinae; Distribution; Morphology; Scincidae; South Africa; Taxonomy; Typhlosaurus

Indexed keywords

EID: 0005371662     PISSN: 21564574     EISSN: 21533660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/21564574.1998.9650001     Document Type: Article

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