Specific distinctness and biogeography of the dwarf chameleons Brookesia minima, B. peyrierasi and B. tuberculata (Reptilia: Chamaeleonidae): Evidence from hemipenial and external morphology

Journal of Zoology

Volumn 247, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 225-238

  Glaw, Frank ^a   Vences, Miguel ^b   Ziegler, Thomas ^b   Böhme, Wolfgang ^b   Köhler, Jörn ^b  

^a ZOOLOGISCHE STAATSSAMMLUNG   (Germany)

^b ZOOLOGISCHES FORSCHUNGSMUSEUM ALEXANDER KOENIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biogeography; Brookesia minima group; Chamaeleonidae; External morphology; Genital morphology; Reptilia; Systematics

Indexed keywords

LIZARD; TAXONOMY; ZOOGEOGRAPHY;

BROOKESIA MINIMA; BROOKESIA PEYRIERASI; BROOKESIA TUBERCULATA;

EID: 0033065046     PISSN: 09528369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0952836999002101     Document Type: Article

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