Two new southeast Asian skinks of the genus Larutia and intrageneric phylogenetic relationships

Herpetologica

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 552-564

  Grismer, Jesse L ^a   Leong, Tzi Ming ^b   Yaakob, Norsham S ^c  

^a LA SIERRA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Borneo; Gunung Berumput; Larutia; Malaysia; New species; Phylogeny; Puehensis; Seribuat Archipelago; Seribuatensis

Indexed keywords

LIZARD; NEW SPECIES; PHYLOGENETICS; TAXONOMY;

ASIA; EAST MALAYSIA; EURASIA; MALAYSIA; PAHANG; SARAWAK; SOUTHEAST ASIA; WEST MALAYSIA;

AMPHIBIA; LARUTIA; REPTILIA; SCINCIDAE; SQUAMATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0344495488     PISSN: 00180831     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1655/02-56     Document Type: Article

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