Phylogeny-based species delimitation in philippine slender skinks (reptilia: Squamata: Scincidae) II: Taxonomic revision of brachymeles samarensis and description of five new species

Herpetological Monographs

Volumn , Issue 25, 2011, Pages 76-112

  Siler, Cameron D ^a   Fuiten, Allison M ^a   Jones, Robin M ^a   Alcala, Angel C ^b   Brown, Rafe M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b SILLIMAN UNIVERSITY   (Philippines)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Endemism; Faunal region; Fossorial lizards; Limb reduction; Species delimitation; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

BRACHYMELES; REPTILIA; SCINCIDAE; SQUAMATA;

EID: 84862909337     PISSN: 07331347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1655/HERPMONOGRAPHS-D-10-00013.1     Document Type: Review

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