A new species of Bachia Gray, 1845 (Squamata: Gymnophthalmidae) from the Cerrado of Midwestern Brazil

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  • JOSEANA LUISA DE FREITAS
  • CHRISTINE STRÜSSMANN
  • MARCOS ANDRÉ DE CARVALHO
  • RICARDO ALEXANDRE
چکیده

A new species of Bachia is described from two localities in the states of Mato Grosso and Rondônia, in Midwestern Brazil. The new species mostly resembles Bachia bresslaui in pholidosis and biometry, differing from this and from all other taxa from bresslaui group by the presence of two clawed digits in the forefeet.

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تاریخ انتشار 2011