Expansion and natural history of a successful colonizing gecko in Venezuela (Reptilia: Gekkonidae: Hemidactylus mabouia) and the discovery of H. frenatus in Venezuela

Herpetological Review

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 121-125

  Fuenmayor, Gilson Rivas ^a   Ugueto, Gabriel N ^b   Bauer, Aaron M ^c   Barros, Tito ^d   Manzanilla, Jesús ^e  

^a Museo de Historia Natural La Salle   (Venezuela)

^b Villanova University ^*  (United States)

^c VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS VETERINARIAS   (Venezuela)

^e UNIVERSIDAD CENTRAL DE VENEZUELA   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEKKO; GEKKONIDAE; HEMIDACTYLUS MABOUIA; REPTILIA;

EID: 21844442846     PISSN: 0018084X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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