A phylogeny of the enigmatic Madagascan geckos of the genus Uroplatus (Squamata: Gekkonidae)

Zootaxa

Volumn , Issue 1493, 2007, Pages 41-51

  Greenbaum, Eli ^a   Bauer, Aaron M ^a   Jackman, Todd R ^a   Venges, Miguel ^b   Glaw, Frank ^c  

^a VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

^c ZOOLOGISCHE STAATSSAMMLUNG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Gekkonidae; Madagascar; Molecular phylogeny; Phosducin; Systematics; Uroplatus

Indexed keywords

AFROGECKO; GEKKONIDAE; SQUAMATA; UROPLATUS; UROPLATUS EBENAUI;

EID: 34347238883     PISSN: 11755326     EISSN: 11755334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1493.1.2     Document Type: Review

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