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Issue: Vol. 5807 No. 2: 11 May 2026
Type: Correspondence
Published: 2026-05-11
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5807.2.8
Page range: 395-400
Abstract views: 3
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Second specimen and first record of Gerrhonotus farri (Squamata: Anguidae) from San Luis Potosí, Mexico

Laboratorio de Herpetología; Departamento de Biología Evolutiva; Facultad de Ciencias; Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México; Ciudad Universitaria; Coyoacán; C.P. 04510; CDMX; México.
Independent researcher. Benito Juárez; C.P. 77517; Quintana Roo; México.
Independent researcher. Mineral de la Reforma; C.P. 42184; Hidalgo; México.
Licenciatura en Biología; Facultad de Ciencias; Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí; Av. Chapultepec # 1570; C.P. 78290; San Luis Potosí; México.
Laboratorio de Sistemática Molecular; Biología; Unidad de Investigación Experimental Zaragoza; Facultad de Estudios Superiores de Zaragoza; Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México; Batalla 5 de Mayo s/n; Ejercito de Oriente; C.P. 09230; CDMX; México.
Reptilia Gerrhonotus farri Tamaulipas range extension

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How to Cite

Lara-Tufiño, J.D., Monter-Pozos, A., Larios-Lozano, O., Hernández-Alemán, Z.Y. & García-Vázquez, U.O. (2026) Second specimen and first record of Gerrhonotus farri (Squamata: Anguidae) from San Luis Potosí, Mexico. Zootaxa, 5807 (2), 395–400. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5807.2.8