Systematics of limbless scincid lizards from northern Madagascar: Morphology, phylogenetic relationships and implications for classification (Squamata: Scincidae)

Organisms Diversity and Evolution

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 147-159

  Köhler, Jörn ^a   Vences, Miguel ^b   Erbacher, Martina ^a   Glaw, Frank ^c  

^a Hessisches Landesmuseum Darmstadt ^*  (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

^c ZOOLOGISCHE STAATSSAMMLUNG MÜNCHEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Morphology; New species; Paracontias; Phylogeny; Rediscovery; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; LIZARD; MORPHOLOGY; NEW SPECIES; PHYLOGENETICS; SANDY SOIL; TAXONOMY; TYPE LOCALITY;

ANTSIRANANA; MADAGASCAR;

PARACONTIAS; SCINCIDAE; SQUAMATA;

EID: 78649635103     PISSN: 14396092     EISSN: 16181077     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13127-010-0011-5     Document Type: Article

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