A new species of Dibamus (Squamata: Dibamidae) from Phnom Samkos Wildlife Sanctuary, southwestern Cardamom Mountains Cambodia

Zootaxa

Volumn , Issue 2828, 2011, Pages 58-68

  Neang, Thy ^a,b   Holden, Jeremy ^b   Eastoe, Toby ^b   Seng, Rathea ^a,b   Ith, Saveng ^c   Grismer, Lee ^d  

^a Ministry of Environment   (Cambodia)

^b FAUNA AND FLORA INTERNATIONAL   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL UNIVERSITY OF PHNOM PENH   (Cambodia)

^d LA SIERRA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cambodia; Dibamidae; Genus; Herpetofauna; Legless lizard; New species; Reptile; Systematics

Indexed keywords

ANNIELLIDAE; DIBAMIDAE; DIBAMUS; ELETTARIA CARDAMOMUM; REPTILIA; SQUAMATA;

EID: 79955149470     PISSN: 11755326     EISSN: 11755334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2828.1.5     Document Type: Article

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