A Pleistocene amphisbaenian from Sicily

Amphibia Reptilia

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 407-414

  Delfino, Massimo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; HERPETOFAUNA; PLEISTOCENE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SAN VITO LO CAPO; SICILY; SOUTHERN EUROPE; TRAPANI;

AMPHISBAENIA; SIGANUS;

EID: 1642364399     PISSN: 01735373     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156853803322763873     Document Type: Article

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