Contribution to the knowledge of the taxonomy, distribution, and natural history of Leposoma hexalepis (Reptilia: Gymnophthalmidae) in Venezuela

Herpetologica

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 485-491

  Molina, César ^a   Señaris, J Celsa ^a   Ayarzagüena, José ^a  

^a Museo de Historia Natural La Salle   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Gymnophthalmidae; Leposoma hexalepis; Redescription; Reptilia; Squamata

Indexed keywords

LIFE HISTORY; REPTILE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TAXONOMY;

AMPHIBIA; GYMNOPHTHALMIDAE; LEPOSOMA; LEPOSOMA HEXALEPIS; REPTILIA; SQUAMATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0036883621     PISSN: 00180831     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1655/0018-0831(2002)058[0485:CTTKOT]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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