Two new species of Cnemidophorus (Squamata: Teiidae) from the Caatinga, Northwest Brazil

Zootaxa

Volumn , Issue 2787, 2011, Pages 37-54

  Arias, Federico ^a   Carvalho, Celso Morato De ^b   Rodrigues, Miguel Trefaut ^c   Zaher, Hussam ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE SALTA   (Argentina)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Caatinga; Cnemidophorus; Lizards; Northwest of Brazil; Ocellifer group; Serra das Confus es

Indexed keywords

CNEMIDOPHORUS; CNEMIDOPHORUS ABAETENSIS; CNEMIDOPHORUS OCELLIFER; SQUAMATA; TEIIDAE;

EID: 79952523098     PISSN: 11755326     EISSN: 11755334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2787.1.3     Document Type: Article

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