A new phylogenetic classification for the gymnophthalmid genera Cercosaura, Pantodactylus and Prionodactylus (Reptilia: Squamata)

Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 137, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 101-115

  Doan, Tiffany M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

^b VASSAR COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cercosaurini; Lizards; Morphological systematics; Phylogenetics; Reptilia; South America; Squamata; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

CERCOSAURA; CERCOSAURINI; GYMNOPHTHALMIDAE; PANTODACTYLUS; PRIONODACTYLUS; REPTILIA; SQUAMATA;

EID: 0037243005     PISSN: 00244082     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1096-3642.2003.00043.x     Document Type: Article

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