Karyotypes of a cryptic diploid form of the unisexual leposoma percarinatum (Squamata, Gymnophthalmidae) and the bisexual leposoma ferreirai from the lower Rio Negro, Amazonian Brazil

Journal of Herpetology

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 153-157

  Laguna, Marcia M ^a   Rodrigues, Miguel T ^a   Dos Santos, Rodrigo M L ^a   Yonenaga Yassuda, Yatiyo ^a   Vila Pires, Teresa C S ^b   Hoogmoed, Marinus S ^b   Pellegrino, Katia C M ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b Museu Paraense Emlio Goeldi/CZO   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GYMNOPHTHALMIDAE; LEPOSOMA; LEPOSOMA PERCARINATUM; SQUAMATA;

EID: 77649131419     PISSN: 00221511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1670/08-250.1     Document Type: Article

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