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A new species of Lepidophyma (Squamata: Xantusiidae) from San Luis Potosí México, with notes on its physiological ecology

  • 1. Posgrado en Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Post Office Box 70-153, 04510, Coyoacán, Ciudad de & Laboratorio de Herpetología, Departamento de Zoología, Instituto de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Post
  • 2. Facultad de Ciencias Químico-Biológicas, Universidad Autónoma de Guerrero, 39000, Chilpancingo de los Bravo, Guerrero,
  • 3. Laboratorio de Herpetología, Departamento de Zoología, Instituto de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Post

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Arenas-Moreno, Diego M., Muñoz-Nolasco, Francisco J., Moral, Adán Bautista-Del, Rodríguez-Miranda, Luis A., Domínguez-Guerrero, Saúl F., Méndez-De La Cruz, Fausto R. (2021): A new species of Lepidophyma (Squamata: Xantusiidae) from San Luis Potosí México, with notes on its physiological ecology. Zootaxa 4949 (1): 115-130, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4949.1.6

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