Taxonomy and biogeography of the iranian species of laudakia (sauria: agamidae)

Zoology in the Middle East

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 93-122

  Rastegar Pouyani, Nasrullah ^a   Nilson, Göran ^b  

^a RAZI UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Agamidae; Central Asia; Distribution; Historical biogeography; Iranian Plateau; Laudakia; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHY; LIZARD; TAXONOMY;

IRAN;

LAUDAKIA; LAUDAKIA CAUCASIA; LAUDAKIA MELANURA; LAUDAKIA MICROLEPIS; LAUDAKIA NUPTA;

EID: 0036698878     PISSN: 09397140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09397140.2002.10637926     Document Type: Article

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