A key to the Geckos (Sauria: Gekkonidae) of Florida

Caribbean Journal of Science

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 28-36

  Krysko, Kenneth L ^a   Daniels, Keidra J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Exotic; Introduced; Lizard; Morphology; Non native; Species

Indexed keywords

IDENTIFICATION KEY;

FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

GEKKO; GEKKONIDAE; SAURIA; SQUAMATA;

EID: 18744380346     PISSN: 00086452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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