Observations on limb reduction in the scincid lizard genus Chalcides

Journal of Herpetology

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 244-252

  Greer, Allen E ^a   Caputo, V ^b   Lanza, B ^c   Palmieri, R ^d  

^a AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^d NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHALCIDES; SCINCIDAE; SQUAMATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0031864841     PISSN: 00221511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1565304     Document Type: Article

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