A new highland species of Arthrosaura Boulenger, 1885 (Squamata: Gymnophthalmidae) from Maringma tepui on the border of Guyana and Brazil

Zootaxa

Volumn , Issue 1909, 2008, Pages 1-15

  Kok, Philippe J R ^a  

^a ROYAL BELGIAN INSTITUTE OF NATURAL SCIENCES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Arthrosaura hoogmoedi sp. nov.; Guiana Shield; Microteiid; Pantepui; Taxonomy; Tepuis

Indexed keywords

ARTHROSAURA; GYMNOPHTHALMIDAE; SQUAMATA;

EID: 54849442706     PISSN: 11755326     EISSN: 11755334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1909.1.1     Document Type: Article

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