The skull of Vanzosaura rubricauda (Squamata: Gymnophthalmidae)

Acta Zoologica

Volumn 90, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 359-371

  Guerra, Cecilia ^a   Montero, Ricardo ^a,b  

^a FUNDACIÓN MIGUEL LILLO   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE TUCUMÁN   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Chondrocranium; Cranial kinesis; Cranial morphology; Lizards; Skull osteology

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; CRANIUM; LIZARD; MORPHOLOGY; OSTEOLOGY;

GYMNOPHTHALMIDAE; SQUAMATA; VANZOSAURA; VANZOSAURA RUBRICAUDA;

EID: 70349146949     PISSN: 00017272     EISSN: 14636395     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-6395.2008.00378.x     Document Type: Article

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