A critically endangered new species of Cnemidophorus (Squamata, Teiidae) from a Cerrado enclave in Southwestern Amazonia, Brazil

Herpetologica

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 76-88

  Colli, Guarino R ^a   Costa, Gabriel C ^a   Garda, Adrian A ^a   Kopp, Kátia A ^b   Mesquita, Daniel O ^a   Péres Jr , Ayrton K ^a   Valdujo, Paula H ^a   Vieira, Gustavo H C ^a   Wiederhecker, Helga C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA MARIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Amazonia; Brazil; Cerrado; Cnemidophorus; Extinction; Lizard; Rond nia

Indexed keywords

ENDANGERED SPECIES; EXTINCTION; LIZARD; NEW SPECIES;

AMAZONIA; BRAZIL;

AMPHIBIA; CNEMIDOPHORUS; GLYCINE MAX; REPTILIA; RONDONIA; SQUAMATA; TEIIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0037374552     PISSN: 00180831     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1655/0018-0831(2003)059[0076:ACENSO]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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