Comparative cranial osteology of fossorial lizards from the tribe gymnophthalmini (Squamata, Gymnophthalmidae)

Journal of Morphology

Volumn 271, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1352-1365

  Roscito, Juliana G ^a   Rodrigues, Miguel T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Body plan; Fossoriality; Gymnophthalmidae; Skull morphology

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FOSSIL; HISTOLOGY; LIZARD; PHYLOGENY; SKULL;

ANIMALS; FOSSILS; LIZARDS; PHYLOGENY; SKULL;

EID: 79952202191     PISSN: 03622525     EISSN: 10974687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmor.10878     Document Type: Article

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