The phylogeny of varanoid lizards and the affinities of snakes

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 352, Issue 1349, 1997, Pages 53-91

  Lee, Michael S Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; LANTHANOTIDAE; LANTHANOTUS; MOSASAUROIDEA; SERPENTES; SQUAMATA; VARANIDAE; VARANUS;

EID: 0031052539     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.1997.0005     Document Type: Article

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