A new species of Abronia (Squamata: Anguidae) from the high Cuchumatanes of Guatemala

Herpetologica

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 221-234

  Campbell, Jonathan A ^a   Sasa, Mahmood ^a   Acevedo, Manuel ^b   Mendelson III, Joseph R ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE SAN CARLOS DE GUATEMALA   (Guatemala)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^d UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Abronia frosti new species; Anguidae; Cuchumatanes; Guatemala; Huehuetenango; Reptilia; Squamata

Indexed keywords

ABRONIA FROSTI;

EID: 0031868429     PISSN: 00180831     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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