The geographically contiguous and expanding coastal range of the Northern Curlytail Lizard (Leiocephalus carinatus armouri) in Florida

Southeastern Naturalist

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 521-526

  Meshaka Jr , Walter E ^a   Smith, Henry T ^b,d   Engeman, Richard M ^c   Dean, Christopher L ^b   Moore, Jon A ^d   O'Brien, William E ^d  

^a State Museum of Pennsylvania   (United States)

^b FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION   (United States)

^c NATIONAL WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^d FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEIOCEPHALUS CARINATUS; SQUAMATA;

EID: 33644584350     PISSN: 15287092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1656/1528-7092(2005)004[0521:TGCAEC]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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