A new species of day gecko from high elevation in Sri Lanka, with a preliminary phylogeny of Sri Lankan Cnemaspis (Reptilia, Squamata, Gekkonidae)

Zoosystematics and Evolution

Volumn 83, Issue S1, 2007, Pages 22-32

  Bauer, Aaron M ^a   De Silva, Anslem ^b   Greenbaum, Eli ^a   Jackman, Todd ^a  

^a VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Cnemaspis; Description; Gekkonidae; Molecular phylogeny; Sri Lanka

Indexed keywords

EID: 37149026444     PISSN: 14351935     EISSN: 18600743     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mmnz.200600022     Document Type: Article

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