A new species of Stenocercus (Squamata, Iguania) from central-western Brazil with a key to Brazilian Stenocercus

Phyllomedusa

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 123-132

  Torres Carvajal, Omar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Central western Brazil; Iguania; Squamata; Stenocercus sinesaccus sp. nov.

Indexed keywords

IDENTIFICATION KEY; LIZARD; NEW SPECIES; TAXONOMY;

ACARI; IGUANIA; PRIONOTUS; SQUAMATA; STENOCERCUS;

EID: 29944437113     PISSN: 15191397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11606/issn.2316-9079.v4i2p123-132     Document Type: Article

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