Taxonomic reassessment of blanus strauchi (bedriaga, 1884) (squamata: Amphisbaenia: Blanidae), with the description of a new species from south-east anatolia (turkey)

Zootaxa

Volumn 3795, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 311-326

  Sindaco, Roberto ^a   Kornilios, Panagiotis ^b   Sacchi, Roberto ^c   Lymberakis, Petros ^d  

^a C/o Museo Civico di Storia Naturale ^*  (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Anatolia; Blanus alexandri sp. nov.; Blanus aporus; Blanus strauchi; Blanus strauchi complex; Cryptic species; ND4; PRLR nuclear marker

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CLASSIFICATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; REPTILE; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; GENETIC SPECIATION; GENETIC VARIATION; PHYLOGENY; REPTILES; TURKEY;

EID: 84900541530     PISSN: 11755326     EISSN: 11755334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3795.3.6     Document Type: Article

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