Evidence of cryptic speciation in a fossorial reptile: Description of a new species of Blanus (Squamata: Amphisbaenia: Blanidae) from the iberian peninsula

Zootaxa

Volumn , Issue 2234, 2009, Pages 56-68

  Albert, Eva M ^a,b   Fernández, Adrián ^a  

^a MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^b DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

Author keywords

16S; Blanus cinereus; Blanus mariae sp. nov.; Cryptic species; Iberian peninsula; Morphometrics; ND4; Nuclear markers; Worm lizards

Indexed keywords

AMPHISBAENIA; BLANUS; BLANUS CINEREUS; REPTILIA; SQUAMATA;

EID: 70349306733     PISSN: 11755326     EISSN: 11755334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2234.1.4     Document Type: Article

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