Description of the female of the enigmatic lizard, Liolaemus heliodermis (Iguania: Liolaemidae)

Herpetological Review

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 227-229

  Hernandez, Raymond A ^a   Espinoza, Robert E ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IGUANIA; LIOLAEMINAE; LIOLAEMUS; SQUAMATA;

EID: 4644315814     PISSN: 0018084X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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