A new species of eremiascincus (Reptilia: Squamata: Scincidae) from the great sandy desert and pilbara coast, Western Australia and reassignment of eight species from glaphyromorphus to eremiascincus

Zootaxa

Volumn , Issue 2246, 2009, Pages 1-20

  Mecke, Sven ^a,b   Doughty, Paul ^b   Donnellan, Stephen C ^c  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^b WESTERN AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cytochrome b.; Lacertilia; Lygosominae; Mitochondrial DNA; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

EREMIASCINCUS; GLAPHYROMORPHUS; ISOLEPIS; LACERTILIA; OLIGACANTHORHYNCHUS; REPTILIA; SCINCIDAE; SQUAMATA;

EID: 70349931158     PISSN: 11755326     EISSN: 11755334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2246.1.1     Document Type: Article

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