A comparative study of crocodile lizards (Shinisaurus crocodilurus AHL, 1930) from Vietnam and China

Raffles Bulletin of Zoology

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 181-187

  Ziegler, Thomas ^a   Quyet, Le Khac ^b   Thanh, Vu Ngoc ^c   Hendrix, Ralf ^a,d   Böhme, Wolfgang ^d  

^a AG ZOOLOGISCHER GARTEN KÖLN   (Germany)

^b FAUNA AND FLORA INTERNATIONAL   (United Kingdom)

^c VIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Viet Nam)

^d ZOOLOGISCHES FORSCHUNGSMUSEUM ALEXANDER KOENIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biogeography; Mitochondrial DNA; Morphology; Natural history; Shinisaurus crocodilurus; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

ALLIGATOR; SHINISAURUS; SHINISAURUS CROCODILURUS; SQUAMATA;

EID: 49749131675     PISSN: None     EISSN: 02172445     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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