Speciation in the "Várzéa" flooded forest: A new Mabuya (Squamata, Scincidae) from Western Amazonia

Zootaxa

Volumn , Issue 1188, 2006, Pages 1-22

  Miralles, Aurélien ^a   Barrio Amorós, César L ^b   Rivas, Gilson ^c   Chaparro Auza, Juan Carlos ^d  

^a MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^b Fundacion AndigenA   (Venezuela)

^c Museo de Historia Natural La Salle   (Venezuela)

^d Museo de Historia Natural de la Universidad Nacional de San Antonio Abad del Cusco   (Peru)

Author keywords

Amazonia; Mabuya altamazonica; Mabuya bistriata; Mabuya nigropunctata; Molecular phylogeny; New species; Peru; Scincidae

Indexed keywords

MABUYA; MABUYA NIGROPUNCTATA; SCINCIDAE; SOLEIDAE; SQUAMATA;

EID: 33745247146     PISSN: 11755326     EISSN: 11755334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1188.1.1     Document Type: Article

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