Past and present taxonomy of the Liolaemus lineomaculatus section (Liolaemidae): Is the morphological arrangement hypothesis valid?

Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 168, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 612-668

  Breitman, María Florencia ^a   Morando, Mariana ^a   Avila, Luciano Javier ^a  

^a CENTRO NACIONAL PATAGÓNICO   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Liolaemus archeforus group; Liolaemus kingii group; Liolaemus lineomaculatus group; Liolaemus magellanicus group; Lizards; Morphology; Patagonia; Review; Sexual dimorphism

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880181164     PISSN: 00244082     EISSN: 10963642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/zoj.12037     Document Type: Article

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