Two new species of Cnemidophorus (Squamata: Teiidae) of the C. ocellifer group, from Bahia, Brazil

Zootaxa

Volumn , Issue 3022, 2011, Pages 1-21

  Arias, Federico ^a   De Carvalho, Celso Morato ^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

Bahia; Cnemidophorus; Cnemidophorus ocellifer group; New species; S o Francisco river; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

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

EID: 80052710442     PISSN: 11755326     EISSN: 11755334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3022.1.1     Document Type: Article

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