Morphological characteristics of a newly discovered population of Aspidoscelis tesselata (Squamata: Teiidae) from Chihuahua, México, the identity of an associated hybrid, and a pattern of geographic variation

Southwestern Naturalist

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 692-700

  Taylor, Harry L ^a   Lemos Espinal, Julio A ^b   Smith, Hobart M ^c  

^a REGIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPIDOSCELIS; ASPIDOSCELIS GULARIS; ASPIDOSCELIS GULARIS SEPTEMVITTATA; ASPIDOSCELIS TIGRIS; ASPIDOSCELIS TIGRIS MARMORATA; SQUAMATA; TEIIDAE;

EID: 1642498176     PISSN: 00384909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1894/0038-4909(2003)048<0692:MCOAND>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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