Rediscovery and revalidation of Takydromus sikkimensis (Günther, 1888) (Squamata: Lacertidae) from Sikkim, India

Journal of Herpetology

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 267-274

  Bhupathy, Subramanian ^a   Chettri, Basundhara ^a   Bauer, Aaron M ^b  

^a SÁLIM ALI CENTRE FOR ORNITHOLOGY AND NATURAL HISTORY   (India)

^b VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LACERTIDAE; SQUAMATA; TAKYDROMUS;

EID: 77649255767     PISSN: 00221511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1670/08-136R1.1     Document Type: Article

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