Some remarkable specimens of the giant Cape Verde Skink, macroscincus coctei (duméril & bibron, 1839), with notes about its distribution and causes of its possible extinction

Italian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 413-421

  Andreone, Franco ^a   Gavetti, Elena ^a  

^a MUSEO REGIONALE DI SCIENZE NATURALI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cape Verde; Extinct species; Herpetological collections; Macroscincus coctei; Morphometry; Scincidae

Indexed keywords

EXTINCTION; LIZARD; MORPHOMETRY;

CAPE VERDE;

MACROSCINCUS COCTEI;

EID: 0032459706     PISSN: 11250003     EISSN: 17485851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/11250009809386783     Document Type: Article

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