Squamate reptiles from prehistoric sites in the Mariana Islands

Copeia

Volumn , Issue 1, 1998, Pages 64-75

  Pregill, Gregory ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISPERSAL; EXTINCTION; HERPETOFAUNA; PALAEOECOLOGY;

MARIANA ISLANDS;

EMOIA SLEVINI; GEHYRA MUTILATA; GEHYRA OCEANICA; PEROCHIRUS ATELES; RAMPHOTYPHLOPS BRAMINUS; VARANUS INDICUS;

EID: 0032477862     PISSN: 00458511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1447702     Document Type: Article

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