New observations of amphibians and reptiles in Morocco, with a special emphasis on the eastern region

Herpetological Bulletin

Volumn , Issue 116, 2011, Pages 4-14

  Barata, Mafalda ^a,b,c   Perera, Ana ^a   Haris, D James ^a,c   Van Der Meijden, Arie ^a   Caranza, Salvador ^b   Ceacero, Francisco ^d   García Muñoz, Enrique ^a,e   Gonçalves, Duarte ^a   Henriques, Sérgio ^f   Jorge, Fátima ^a   Marshall, Jonathan C ^g   Pedrajas, Luis ^h   Sousa, Pedro ^a  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGAÇÃO EM BIODIVERSIDADE E RECURSOS GENÉTICOS   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTE OF EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY CSIC UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CASTILLA LA MANCHA   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITY OF JAÉN   (Spain)

^f Museu Nacional de Historia Natural Universidade de Lisboa   (Portugal)

^g WEBER STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h Centro de Rescate de Anfibios y Reptiles   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; REPTILIA;

EID: 81055125837     PISSN: 14730928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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