A new genus and species of moist closed canopy forest skinks from the Philippines

Journal of Herpetology

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 187-192

  Ferner, John W ^a,b   Brown, Rafe M ^b,c   Greer, Allen E ^d  

^a Thomas More College Crestview Hills   (United States)

^b Cincinnati Museum of Natural History   (United States)

^c MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MADIA; PARVOSCINCUS; PARVOSCINCUS SISONI; SCINCIDAE;

EID: 0030958306     PISSN: 00221511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1565386     Document Type: Article

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