Evidence of an unisexual population of the Brazilian whiptail lizard genus Cnemidophorus (Teiidae), with description of a new species

Herpetologica

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 374-382

  Rocha, Carlos Frederico D ^a   Bergallo, Helena Godoy ^a   Peccinini Seale, Denise ^b  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazil; Cnemidophorus new species; Karyotype; Lizard; Parthenogenesis; Restinga habitat; Unisexual population

Indexed keywords

NEW SPECIES; UNISEXUAL POPULATION; WHIPTAIL LIZARD;

BRAZIL;

CNEMIDOPHORUS; CNEMIDOPHORUS OCELLIFER;

EID: 0031416752     PISSN: 00180831     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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