Lizards at the end of the world: Two new species of Phymaturus of the patagonicus clade (squamata, liolaemidae) revealed in southern Patagonia of Argentina

Zootaxa

Volumn , Issue 2393, 2010, Pages 17-32

  Scolaro, José Alejandro ^a,b   Pincheira Donoso, Daniel ^c  

^a Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PATAGONIA SAN JUAN BOSCO   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Argentina; Liolaemidae; Patagonia; Phymaturus; Rock dwelling lizards

Indexed keywords

CTENOBLEPHARYS; LIOLAEMINAE; LIOLAEMUS; PHYMATURUS; PHYMATURUS INDISTINCTUS; PHYMATURUS PATAGONICUS; SQUAMATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 77953976370     PISSN: 11755326     EISSN: 11755334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2393.1.2     Document Type: Article

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