The identity of Lacertus mabouya Lacepède, 1788, with description of a neotype: An approach toward the taxonomy of new world Mabuya

Herpetologica

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 46-53

  Miralles, Aurelien ^a  

^a MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

Author keywords

Lesser Antilles; Mabuya mabouya; Mabuya sloanii; Neotropical Scincidae; Neotype; New description

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; MORPHOLOGY; NOMENCLATURE; TAXONOMY;

MABUYA; MABUYA MABOUYA; MABUYA SLOANII; SCINCIDAE;

EID: 24644452768     PISSN: 00180831     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1655/04-50.1     Document Type: Article

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