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All in all it's just another branch in the tree: A new species of Acanthocercus Fitzinger, 1843 (Squamata: Agamidae), from Angola

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  • 1. Departamento de Biologia, Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade do Porto, Rua do Campo Alegre 1021, 4169-007 Porto, Portugal BIOPOLIS Program in Genomics, Biodiversity and Land Planning, CIBIO, Campus de Vairão, 4485-661, Vairão, Portugal Departamento de Zoologia e Antropologia (Museu Bocage), Museu Nacional de História Natural e da Ciência, Rua da Escola Politécnica 56-58, 1250-102 Lisboa, Portugal
  • 2. Holísticos, Serviços, Estudos e Consultoria, Lda., Rua 60, Casa 560, Lar do Patriota, Luanda, Angola & suzanaadelino22@hotmail.com; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7496-9119
  • 3. Department of Biology and Center for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Stewardship, Villanova University, 800 Lancaster Avenue, Villanova, Pennsylvania 19085, USA & Museo de Zoología "Alfonso L. Herrera", Departamento de Biología Evolutiva, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, A.P. 70-399, Ciudad de México CP 04510, México
  • 4. Grutas da Moeda e Fátima, Lda, São Mamede, Batalha, 2495-028, Portugal & sousa_334@hotmail.com; https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3435-8775
  • 5. Department of Biology and Center for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Stewardship, Villanova University, 800 Lancaster Avenue, Villanova, Pennsylvania 19085, USA & aaron.bauer@villanova.edu; https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6839-8025
  • 6. Department of Biology and Center for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Stewardship, Villanova University, 800 Lancaster Avenue, Villanova, Pennsylvania 19085, USA & Allwetterzoo, Sentruper Str. 315, D48161 Münster, Germany

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Marques, Mariana P., Parrinha, Diogo, Santos, Bruna S., Bandeira, Suzana, Butler, Brett O., Sousa, Ana Carolina A., Bauer, Aaron M., Wagner, Philipp (2022): All in all it's just another branch in the tree: A new species of Acanthocercus Fitzinger, 1843 (Squamata: Agamidae), from Angola. Zootaxa 5099 (2): 221-243, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5099.2.4

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