A new genus and species of eyelid-less and limb reduced gymnophthalmid lizard from northeastern Brazil (Squamata, Gymnophthalmidae)

Zootaxa

Volumn , Issue 1873, 2008, Pages 50-60

  Rodrigues, Miguel Trefaut ^a   Maranhão Doc Santos, Ednilza ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL RURAL DE PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazil; Caatingas; Catimbau Nacional Park; Gymnophthalmidae; New genus; Pernambuco State; Scripiosaura catimbau; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

GYMNOPHTHALMIDAE; GYMNOPHTHALMINI; SQUAMATA;

EID: 51649086478     PISSN: 11755326     EISSN: 11755334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1873.1.5     Document Type: Article

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