Molecular phylogeography, intraspecific variation and speciation of the Asian scincid lizard genus Eutropis Fitzinger, 1843 (Squamata: Reptilia: Scincidae): Taxonomic and biogeographic implications

Organisms Diversity and Evolution

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 161-171

  Mausfeld, Patrick ^a   Schmitz, Andreas ^a  

^a ZOOLOGISCHES FORSCHUNGSMUSEUM ALEXANDER KOENIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Apterygodon; Asia; Eutropis; Mabuya; Phylogeography; Systematics

Indexed keywords

INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; LIZARD; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY);

(SOUTHEAST); ASIA;

AMPHIBIA; APTERYGODON; DASIA; EUPREPIS; EUPREPIS AURATUS; EUPREPIS SEPTEMTAENIATUS; EUTROPIS; EUTROPIS MACULARIA; EUTROPIS MULTIFASCIATA; MABUYA; REPTILIA; SCINCIDAE; SQUAMATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0141453485     PISSN: 14396092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1078/1439-6092-00068     Document Type: Article

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