The phylogenetic position of Chalcides ocellatus (Squamata: Scincidae) from Yemen and Somalia

Zootaxa

Volumn , Issue 3221, 2012, Pages 26-36

  Lavin, Brian R ^a,b   Papenfuss, Theodore J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SONOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHALCIDES OCELLATUS; SCINCIDAE; SQUAMATA;

EID: 84858249518     PISSN: 11755326     EISSN: 11755334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3221.1.2     Document Type: Article

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