Evidence for the specific status of the Honduran Lizards formerly referred to Ctenosaura palearis (Reptilia: Squamata: Iguanidae)

Copeia

Volumn , Issue 1, 1997, Pages 138-150

  Buckley, Larry J ^a,c   Axtell, Ralph W ^b  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY EDWARDSVILLE   (United States)

^c SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CTENOSAURA MELANOSTERNA; CTENOSAURA PALEARIS; CTENOSAURA PECTINATA; IGUANA; IGUANIDAE; REPTILIA; SPINY; SQUAMATA;

EID: 0030950177     PISSN: 00458511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1447849     Document Type: Article

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