A further new species of limbless skink, genus paracontias, from eastern madagascar

African Journal of Herpetology

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 98-105

  Köhler, Jörn ^a   Vieites, David R ^b   Glaw, Frank ^c   Kaffenberger, Nathalie ^a   Vences, Miguel ^d  

^a Hessisches Landesmuseum Darmstadt ^*  (Germany)

^b MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^c ZOOLOGISCHE STAATSSAMMLUNG MÜNCHEN   (Germany)

^d TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Madagascar; New species; Paracontias; Scincidae; Squamata

Indexed keywords

PARACONTIAS; PARACONTIAS BROCCHII; PARACONTIAS MILLOTI; SCINCIDAE; SQUAMATA;

EID: 76349121979     PISSN: 21564574     EISSN: 21533660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/21564574.2009.9650029     Document Type: Article

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