A new species of iguanian lizard (Stenocercus) from the western lowlands of Southern Ecuador and Northern Peru

Herpetologica

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 78-85

  Torres Carvajal, Omar ^a,b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecuador; Iguania; New species; Peru; Stenocercus; Systematics

Indexed keywords

LIZARD; NEW SPECIES; TAXONOMY;

ECUADOR; PERU; SOUTH AMERICA;

ACARI; IGUANIA; LAVANDULA ANGUSTIFOLIA; SQUAMATA; STENOCERCUS;

EID: 25844476840     PISSN: 00180831     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1655/04-32.2     Document Type: Article

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