A review of the gekkotan lizards of Bénin, with the description of a new species of Hemidactylus (Squamata: Gekkonidae)

Zootaxa

Volumn , Issue 1242, 2006, Pages 1-20

  Bauer, Aaron M ^a   Tchibozo, Sévérin ^b   Pauwels, Olivier S G ^c   Lenglet, Georges ^c  

^a VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Centre de Recherche pour la Gestion de la Biodiversité et du Terroir 04   (Benin)

^c ROYAL BELGIAN INSTITUTE OF NATURAL SCIENCES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

B nin; Description; Eublepharidae; Gekkonidae; Hemidactylus; Togo; West Africa

Indexed keywords

GEKKO; GEKKONIDAE; HEMIDACTYLUS; LYGODACTYLUS; SQUAMATA;

EID: 33745698350     PISSN: 11755326     EISSN: 11755334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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