Conolophus marthae sp.nov. (Squamata, Iguanidae), a new species of land iguana from the Galápagos archipelago

Zootaxa

Volumn , Issue 2201, 2009, Pages 1-10

  Gentile, Gabriele ^a   Snell, Howard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

Conolophus; Endemism; Gal pagos pink land iguana; Ga pagos Islands; Ga pagos National Park; Iguanidae; Lizards; Squamata

Indexed keywords

CONOLOPHUS; CONOLOPHUS PALLIDUS; CONOLOPHUS SUBCRISTATUS; IGUANA; IGUANIDAE; SQUAMATA;

EID: 69249132601     PISSN: 11755326     EISSN: 11755334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2201.1.1     Document Type: Article

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