Phylogenetic relationships in the iguanid lizard genus Liolaemus: Multiple origins of viviparous reproduction and evidence for recurring Andean vicariance and dispersal

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 75-102

  Schulte II, James A ^a   Macey, J Robert ^a   Espinoza, Robert E ^b   Larson, Allan ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Andes; Historic al biogeography; Iguania; Iguanidae; Liolaemus; Phylogeny; Reproduction; Reptilia; South America; Squamata; Viviparity

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTION; LIZARD; PHYLOGENETICS; VIVIPARITY;

AMPHIBIA; IGUANIA; IGUANIDAE; LIOLAEMUS; REPTILIA; SQUAMATA;

EID: 0033973337     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/bijl.1999.0346     Document Type: Article

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