A molecular phylogeny of the "Madascincus polleni species complex", with description of a new species of scincid lizad from the coastal dune area of northern Madagascar

Zootaxa

Volumn , Issue 2876, 2011, Pages 1-16

  Aurélien, Miralles ^a   Köhler, Jörn ^b   Glaw, Frank ^c   Vences, Miguel ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

^b Hessisches Landesmuseum Darmstadt ^*  (Germany)

^c ZOOLOGISCHE STAATSSAMMLUNG MÜNCHEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Apecies complex; M. polleni; M. stumpffi; Madagascar; Madascincus; Marenicola sp. nov.; Mintermedius; Morphology; Phylogeny; Scincinae

Indexed keywords

ARENICOLA; SCINCIDAE;

EID: 79955952548     PISSN: 11755326     EISSN: 11755334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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