A phylogenetic reassessment of African fossorial skinks in the subfamily Acontinae (Squamata: Scincidae): evidence for parallelism and polyphyly

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  2010

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  Zootaxa

• Publication date

  2010-10-26

• Fields of study

  Biology

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  DOI 10.11646/ZOOTAXA.2657.1.3
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  Semantic Scholar

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