A review of the Namaqua gecko, Pachydactylus namaquensis (Reptilia: Gekkonidae) from southern Africa, with the description of two new species

African Zoology

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 53-69

  Branch, William R ^a   Bauer, Aaron M ^b   Good, David A ^c  

^a PORT ELIZABETH MUSEUM   (South Africa)

^b VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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