Peninsular Malaysia's first limbless lizard: A new species of skink of the genus Larutia (Böhme) from Pulau Pinang with a phylogeny of the genus

Zootaxa

Volumn , Issue 2799, 2011, Pages 29-40

  Grismer, L Lee ^a,b   Huat, Evan Quah Seng ^c   Siler, Cameron D ^d   Chan, K O ^b   Wood Jr , Perry L ^e   Grismer, Jesse L ^d   Sah, Shahrul Anuar Mohd ^c   Ahmad, Norhayati ^b  

^a LA SIERRA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^c SCHOOL OF PHYSICS   (Malaysia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^e VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Larutia; Larutia penangensis; Malaysia; New species; Penang; Phylogeny; Pulau Pinang; Scincidae; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

LARUTIA; PIPER BETEL; SCINCIDAE; SQUAMATA;

EID: 79953118809     PISSN: 11755326     EISSN: 11755334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2799.1.3     Document Type: Article

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