New pored Leposternon (Squamata, Amphisbaenia) from Brazilian Cerrado

Zootaxa

Volumn , Issue 1930, 2008, Pages 18-38

  Ribeiro, Síria ^a   Vaz Silva, Wilian ^b,c   Santos Jr , Alfredo P ^a  

^a PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF GOIÁS   (Brazil)

^c Centro Universitario de Goias Uni Anhanguera   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Amphisbaenidae; Central Brazil; Check list; Leposternon cerradensis sp. nov.; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

AMPHISBAENIA; AMPHISBAENIDAE; LEPOSTERNON; SQUAMATA;

EID: 56349085048     PISSN: 11755326     EISSN: 11755334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1930.1.2     Document Type: Article

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