A generic diagnosis for the Southeast Asian scincid lizard genus Tropidophorus Duméril and Bibron, 1839 with some additional comments on its morphology and distribution

Journal of Herpetology

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 426-430

  Greer, Allen E ^a   Biswas, Sayantan ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPHOSCINCOPUS; SCINCIDAE; SPHENOMORPHUS; SQUAMATA; TROPIDOPHORUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 7044226550     PISSN: 00221511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1670/203-03N     Document Type: Article

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