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A revision of Angolan species in the genus Pedioplanis Fitzinger (Squamata: Lacertidae), with the description of a new species
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- 1. Departamento de Zoologia e Antropologia (Museu Bocage), Museu Nacional de História Natural e da Ciência, Universidade de Lisboa, Rua da Escola Politécnica 58, 1269-102, Lisboa, Portugal
- 2. Departamento de Zoologia e Antropologia (Museu Bocage), Museu Nacional de História Natural e da Ciência, Universidade de Lisboa, Rua da Escola Politécnica 58, 1269-102, Lisboa, Portugal & Research Center in Biodiversity and Genetic Resources (CIBIO), InBIO, University of Porto, Rua Padre Armando Quintas 7, Vairão, 4485-661 Porto, Portugal & Museu de História Natural e da Ciência da Universidade do Porto, Praça Gomes Teixeira, 4099-002 Porto, Portugal mptlmarques@gmail.com; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1712-2632
- 3. Department of Natural Sciences, University of Michigan-Dearborn, 4901 Evergreen Road, Dearborn, Michigan 48128, USA & heinicke@umich.edu; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6021-8058
- 4. Department of Natural Sciences, University of Michigan-Dearborn, 4901 Evergreen Road, Dearborn, Michigan 48128, USA
- 5. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Kirstenbosch Research Centre, Cape Town, South Africa & Centre for Ecological Genomics and Wildlife Conservation, Department of Zoology, University of Johannesburg, Auckland Park, Johannesburg, South Africa
- 6. Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
- 7. Port Elizabeth Museum, P.O. Box 13147, Humewood, 6013, Port Elizabeth, South Africa & Department of Nature Conservation Management, Natural Resource Science and Management Cluster, Faculty of Science, George Campus, Nelson Mandela University, George, South Africa
- 8. Department of Biology and Center for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Stewardship, Villanova University, 800 Lancaster Avenue, Villanova, Pennsylvania 19085-1699, USA
- 9. Departamento de Zoologia e Antropologia (Museu Bocage), Museu Nacional de História Natural e da Ciência, Universidade de Lisboa, Rua da Escola Politécnica 58, 1269-102, Lisboa, Portugal & Museu de História Natural e da Ciência da Universidade do Porto, Praça Gomes Teixeira, 4099-002 Porto, Portugal mptlmarques@gmail.com; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1712-2632
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Parrinha, Diogo, Marques, Mariana P., Heinicke, Matthew P., Khalid, Farkhanda, Parker, Kelly L., Tolley, Krystal A., Childers, Jackie L., Conradie, Werner, Bauer, Aaron M., Ceríaco, Luis M. P. (2021): A revision of Angolan species in the genus Pedioplanis Fitzinger (Squamata: Lacertidae), with the description of a new species. Zootaxa 5032 (1): 1-46, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5032.1.1
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