Relationships of the Pachydactylus rugosus group of geckos (Reptilia: Squamata: Gekkonidae)

African Zoology

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 55-67

  Lamb, Trip ^a   Bauer, Aaron M ^b  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

16S ribosomal RNA; Cytochrome b; DNA; Mitochondrial genes; Phylogeny

Indexed keywords

GEKKONIDAE; PACHYDACTYLUS BARNARDI; PACHYDACTYLUS CAPENSIS; PACHYDACTYLUS FORMOSUS; PACHYDACTYLUS RUGOSUS; REPTILIA; SQUAMATA;

EID: 0001998726     PISSN: 15627020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15627020.2000.11407192     Document Type: Article

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