Homology of cephalic scales in xantusiid lizards, with comments on night lizard phylogeny and morphological evolution

Journal of Herpetology

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 708-722

  Gauthier, Jacques ^a   Kearney, Maureen ^b   Bezy, Robert L ^c  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

^c NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRICOSAURA TYPICA; LEPIDOPHYMA; SCINCOMORPHA; SQUAMATA; XANTUSIA; XANTUSIIDAE;

EID: 58149083027     PISSN: 00221511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1670/07-047R2.1     Document Type: Article

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