Deciphering patterns of transoceanic dispersal: The evolutionary origin and biogeography of coastal lizards (Cryptoblepharus) in the Western Indian Ocean region

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 13-22

  Rocha, Sara ^a,b   Carretero, Miguel A ^a   Vences, Miguel ^c,e   Glaw, Frank ^d,f   James Harris, D ^a,b  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGAÇÃO EM BIODIVERSIDADE E RECURSOS GENÉTICOS   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d Zoologische Staatssammlung   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^f ZOOLOGISCHE STAATSSAMMLUNG MÜNCHEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Africa; Comoros; Cryptoblepharus; Island colonization; Madagascar; Mauritius; ransoceanic dispersal; Scincidae; Squamata

Indexed keywords

ISLAND BIOGEOGRAPHY; LIZARD; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS; MADAGASCAR;

CRYPTOBLEPHARUS; CRYPTOBLEPHARUS BOUTONII; REPTILIA; SCINCIDAE; SQUAMATA;

EID: 33645227240     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: 13652699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2005.01375.x     Document Type: Article

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