Morphology of the Podarcis wall lizards (Squamata: Lacertidae) from the Iberian Peninsula and North Africa: Patterns of variation in a putative cryptic species complex

Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 164, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 173-193

  Kaliontzopoulou, Antigoni ^a,b   Carretero, Miguel A ^a   Llorente, Gustavo A ^c  

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

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Biometry; Diagnostication; Discrimination ; MtDNA lineages; Pholidosis

Indexed keywords

LACERTIDAE; PODARCIS; SQUAMATA;

EID: 84855949189     PISSN: 00244082     EISSN: 10963642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2011.00760.x     Document Type: Article

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