Ecological status of the ocellated gecko, sphaerodactylus argus argus gosse 1850, in Florida, with additional herpetological notes from the Florida Keys

Caribbean Journal of Science

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 169-172

  Krysko, Kenneth L ^a   Sheehy III, Coleman M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecology; Exotic; Introduced; Lizard; Non native

Indexed keywords

FIELD SURVEY; HERPETOFAUNA;

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

ANURA; BUFO MARINUS; GEKKO; GONATODES OCELLATUS; HEMIDACTYLUS; HEMIDACTYLUS FRENATUS; HEMIDACTYLUS MABOUIA; PHELSUMA EDWARDNEWTONII; PHELSUMA MADAGASCARIENSIS GRANDIS; SPHAERODACTYLUS ARGUS; SQUAMATA; TRACHEMYS; TRACHEMYS SCRIPTA ELEGANS;

EID: 18744388838     PISSN: 00086452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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