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Rediscovery of the Earless Microteiid Lizard Anotosaura collaris Amaral, 1933 (Squamata: Gymnophthalmidae): A redescription complemented by osteological, hemipenial, molecular, karyological, physiological and ecological data

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  • 1. Departamento de Zoologia, Instituto de Biociências, Universidade de São Paulo, Caixa Postal 11.461, CEP 05508-090, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
  • 2. University of California, Berkeley, Museum of Vertebrate Zoology and Department of Integrative Biology, 3101 Valley Life Sciences Building, Berkeley, CA 94720-3140, USA

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Rodrigues, Miguel Trefaut, Jr, Mauro Teixeira, Vechio, Francisco Dal, Amaro, Renata Cecília, Nisa, Carolina, Guerrero, Agustín Camacho, Damasceno, Roberta, Roscito, Juliana Gusson, Sales Nunes, Pedro M., Recoder, Renato Sousa (2013): Rediscovery of the Earless Microteiid Lizard Anotosaura collaris Amaral, 1933 (Squamata: Gymnophthalmidae): A redescription complemented by osteological, hemipenial, molecular, karyological, physiological and ecological data. Zootaxa 3731 (3): 345-370, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3731.3.5

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