New data on the zoogeography and genital morphology of the lizards Zortosaurus brygooi Lang & Böhme 1990 and Z. Aeneus (Grandidier 1872) from Madagascar (Reptilia Squamata Gerrhosauridae)

Tropical Zoology

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 145-155

  Vences, M ^a   Ziegler, T ^a   Visser, S ^a   Andreone, F ^b  

^a ZOOLOGISCHES FORSCHUNGSMUSEUM ALEXANDER KOENIG   (Germany)

^b MUSEO REGIONALE DI SCIENZE NATURALI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Distribution; Hemipenis description; Reptilia gerrhosauridae; Seasonal hemipenis variation; Zonosaurus aeneus; Zonosaurus brygooi

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033476358     PISSN: 03946975     EISSN: 19709528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03946975.1999.10539384     Document Type: Article

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