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Reconstructing the body sizes of Quaternary lizards using Pholidoscelis Fitzinger, 1843, and Anolis Daudin, 1802, as case studies

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Article: e1239626 | Received 28 Sep 2015, Accepted 26 Jul 2016, Published online: 31 Oct 2016

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