Natural colonization or introduction? Phylogeographical relationships and morphological differentiation of house geckos (Hemidactylus) from Madagascar

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 115-130

  Vences, Miguel ^a   Wanke, Stefan ^b   Vieites, David R ^c   Branch, William R ^d   Glaw, Frank ^e   Meyer, Axel ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

^d PORT ELIZABETH MUSEUM   (South Africa)

^e Zoologische Staatssammlung   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dispersal; Distribution; Gekkonidae; Hemidactylus brooki; Hemidactylus frenatus; Hemidactylus mercatorius; Hemidactylus platycephalus; Indian ocean; Squamata

Indexed keywords

GENETIC VARIATION; LIZARD; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; POPULATION GENETICS;

INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS; MADAGASCAR;

GEKKO; GEKKONIDAE; HEMIDACTYLUS; HEMIDACTYLUS BROOKII; HEMIDACTYLUS FRENATUS; HEMIDACTYLUS MERCATORIUS; HEMIDACTYLUS PLATYCEPHALUS; PLATYCEPHALUS; SQUAMATA;

EID: 4544250288     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2004.00370.x     Document Type: Article

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