A new species of Ctenophorus (Lacertilia: Agamidae) from Lake Disappointment, Western Australia

Herpetologica

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 72-86

  Doughty, Paul ^a   Maryan, Brad ^a   Melville, Jane ^b   Austin, Jeremy ^b  

^a WESTERN AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

^b MUSEUM VICTORIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Agamidae; Arid zone; Ctenophorus; Molecular phylogeny; Salt lakes; Western Australia

Indexed keywords

ARID ENVIRONMENT; CHEMOTAXONOMY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; LIZARD; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; MORPHOLOGY; NEW SPECIES; PHYLOGENY; PROVENANCE; SALINE LAKE; SPECIALIZATION;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; LAKE DISAPPOINTMENT; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

AGAMIDAE; CTENOPHORUS; CTENOPHORUS MACULOSUS; CTENOPHORUS SALINARUM; LACERTILIA; SQUAMATA;

EID: 34247569384     PISSN: 00180831     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1655/0018-0831(2007)63[72:ANSOCL]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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