A new gecko of the genus Tarentola (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Eastern Cuba

Zootaxa

Volumn , Issue 1743, 2008, Pages 43-52

  Díaz, Luis M ^a,b   Hedges, S Blair ^b  

^a Museo Nacional de Historia Natural de Cuba   (Brazil)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Caribbean; Cryptic species; Lizard; Reptile; Squamata; West Indies

Indexed keywords

GEKKONIDAE; REPTILIA; SQUAMATA; TARENTOLA; TARENTOLA AMERICANA;

EID: 42149139572     PISSN: 11755326     EISSN: 11755334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1743.1.4     Document Type: Article

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