Shell morphology of the Egyptian tortoise, Testudo kleinmanni Lortet, 1883, the osteologically least-known Testudo species

Zoological Studies

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 850-860

  Delfino, Massimo ^a,b   Chesi, Francesco ^b   Fritz, Uwe ^c  

^a PALÄONTOLOGISCHES INSTITUT UND MUSEUM   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^c Museum of Zoology Museum fur Tierkunde   (Germany)

Author keywords

Mediterranean tortoises; Osteology; Taxonomy; Testudo graeca; Testudo marginata

Indexed keywords

EPIPLASTRON; TESTUDINIDAE; TESTUDO; TESTUDO GRAECA; TESTUDO KLEINMANNI; TESTUDO MARGINATA;

EID: 79956200447     PISSN: 10215506     EISSN: 1810522X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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