A new species of Leposoma (Squamata: Gymnophthalmidae) from a relictual forest in semiarid northeastern Brazil

Herpetologica

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 1-6

  Rodrigues, Miguel Trefaut ^a   Borges, Diva Maria ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazil; Gymnophthalmidae; Leposoma baturitensis; New species; Squamata

Indexed keywords

LEPOSOMA;

EID: 0030915990     PISSN: 00180831     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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