Sphenomorphus melanochlorus (Vogt, 1932), a junior synonym of Sphenomorphus maculatus (Blyth, 1853)

Journal of Herpetology

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 292-294

  Shea, Glenn M ^a   Greer, Allen E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SPHENOMORPHUS MACULATUS; SPHENOMORPHUS MELANOCHLORUS;

EID: 0031801795     PISSN: 00221511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1565314     Document Type: Article

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