Review of the genus Cnemaspis Strauch, 1887 (Sauria: Gekkonidae) in Sri Lanka with the description of five new species

Zootaxa

Volumn , Issue 1490, 2007, Pages 1-63

  Wickramasinghe, L J Mendis ^a   Munindradasa, D A I ^b  

^a Sri Lanka Country Office   (Sri Lanka)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MORATUWA   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Cnemaspis; Gecko; New species; Sri Lanka

Indexed keywords

CNEMASPIS; GEKKONIDAE; SAURIA;

EID: 34347330209     PISSN: 11755326     EISSN: 11755334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1490.1.1     Document Type: Review

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