Lizards of Ethiopia (Reptilia Sauria): An annotated checklist, bibliography, gazetteer and identification key

Tropical Zoology

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 21-109

  Largen, M J ^a   Spawls, S ^b  

^a Liverpool Museum   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Distribution; Ethiopia; Identification; Lizards; New species; Reptilia; Sauria; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

AGAMA; AGAMA AGAMA; CHAMAELEO; CHAMAELEO AFRICANUS; CHAMAELEO DILEPIS; REPTILIA; SAURIA; SQUAMATA;

EID: 33749366263     PISSN: 03946975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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