Ecology of the common barking gecko (Ptenopus garrulus) in Southern Africa

Journal of Herpetology

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 509-515

  Hibbitts, Toby J ^a   Pianka, Eric R ^b   Huey, Raymond B ^c   Whiting, Martin J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPODA; GEKKO; GEKKONIDAE; ISOPTERA; PTENOPUS GARRULUS;

EID: 25844485480     PISSN: 00221511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1670/55-05N.1     Document Type: Article

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