Three New Depressed-bodied Water Skinks of the Genus Tropidophorus (Lacertilia: Scincidae) from Thailand and Vietnam

Current Herpetology

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 9-23

  Hikida, Tsutomu ^a   Orlov, Nikolai L ^b   Nabhitabhata, Jarujin ^c   Ota, Hldetoshi ^d  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b ZOOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^c National Science Museum   (Thailand)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

Author keywords

Body depression; New species; Rock crevices; Scincidae; Taxonomy; Thailand; Tropidophorus; Vietnam

Indexed keywords

EID: 2142726560     PISSN: 13455834     EISSN: 18811019     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5358/hsj.21.9     Document Type: Article

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