A new species of Liolaemus (Squamata: Liolaemidae) from northeastern Argentina and southern Paraguay

Herpetologica

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 283-292

  Avila, Luciano J ^a,b  

^a Centro Regional de Investigaciones Cientificas y Transferencia Tecnologia   (Argentina)

^b BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Argentina; Iguania; Liolaemidae; Liolaemus; Liolaemus azarai new species; Paraguay; Yacyret Island

Indexed keywords

LIZARD; MORPHOLOGY; NEW SPECIES;

(NORTHEAST); ARGENTINA; PARAGUAY; YACYRETA ISLAND;

AMPHIBIA; IGUANIA; LIOLAEMINAE; LIOLAEMUS; LIOLAEMUS AZARAI; LIOLAEMUS WIEGMANNII; REPTILIA; SQUAMATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0038781978     PISSN: 00180831     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1655/0018-0831(2003)059[0283:ANSOLS]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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