A new species of the diurnal gekkonid genus Pristurus Rüppell, 1835 from the Red Sea island Hanish al-Kabir, Yemen

Amphibia Reptilia

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 217-227

  Rösler, Herbert ^a   Köhler, Jörn ^b   Böhme, Wolfgang ^c  

^a SENCKENBERG DEUTSCHES ENTOMOLOGISCHES INSTITUT   (Germany)

^b Hessisches Landesmuseum Darmstadt ^*  (Germany)

^c ZOOLOGISCHES FORSCHUNGSMUSEUM ALEXANDER KOENIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENDEMIC SPECIES; ISLAND BIOGEOGRAPHY; LIZARD; MORPHOLOGY; NEW SPECIES; TAXONOMY;

ASIA; EURASIA; GREAT HANISH ISLAND; MIDDLE EAST; YEMEN;

GEKKONIDAE; PRISTURUS RUPESTRIS;

EID: 42649133152     PISSN: 01735373     EISSN: 15685381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156853808784124983     Document Type: Article

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