A new species of Bachia (Squamata: Gymnophthalmidae) with plesiomorphic limb morphology

Herpetologica

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 245-253

  Kizirian, David A ^a   Mcdiarmid, Roy W ^b  

^a DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anotosaura; Bachia; Colobodactylus; Colobosaura; Gymnophthalmidae; Heterodactylus; Limb morphology; New species

Indexed keywords

BACHIA FLAVESCENS; BACHIA PANOPLIA;

EID: 0031815381     PISSN: 00180831     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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