A new Luperosaurus (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from the Sierra Madre of Luzon Island, Philippines

Raffles Bulletin of Zoology

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 167-174

  Brown, Rafe M ^a   Diesmos, Arvin C ^b,c   Duya, Melizar V ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b National Museum of the Philippines   (Philippines)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^d Teachers Village ^*  (Philippines)

Author keywords

Luperosaurus; Luzon Island; New species; Parachute geckos; Philippines; Sierra Madre Range

Indexed keywords

GEKKO; GEKKONIDAE; LUPEROSAURUS; SQUAMATA;

EID: 34547475445     PISSN: None     EISSN: 02172445     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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