A new species of rupicolous cordylus laurenti 1768 (sauria: Cordylidae) from Northern Mozambique

Journal of the Herpetological Association of Africa

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 131-138

  Branch, William R ^a   Rödel, Mark Oliver ^b   Marais, Johan ^c  

^a PORT ELIZABETH MUSEUM   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Cordylidae; Cordylus; Mozambique; New species

Indexed keywords

CORDYLIDAE; CORDYLUS; CORDYLUS TROPIDOSTERNUM; SAURIA; SQUAMATA;

EID: 33646730085     PISSN: 04416651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/21564574.2005.9635526     Document Type: Article

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