A new species of Luperosaurus (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Panay Island, Philippines, with comments on the taxonomic status of Luperosaurus cumingii (Gray, 1845)

Copeia

Volumn , Issue 2, 2007, Pages 413-425

  Gaulke, Maren ^a   Roesler, Herbert ^b   Brown, Rafe M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b SENCKENBERG DEUTSCHES ENTOMOLOGISCHES INSTITUT   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ISLAND; LIZARD; MORPHOLOGY; NEW SPECIES; PHENOTYPE; PLEISTOCENE; TAXONOMY;

ASIA; EURASIA; PANAY; PHILIPPINES; SOUTHEAST ASIA; VISAYAS;

GEKKONIDAE; LUPEROSAURUS; SQUAMATA;

EID: 34547403178     PISSN: 00458511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1643/0045-8511(2007)7[413:ANSOLS]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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