A reassessment of Saltuarius swaini (Lacertilia: Diplodactylidae) in southeastern Queensland and New South Wales: Two new taxa, phylogeny, biogeography and conservation

Records of the Australian Museum

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 87-118

  Couper, Patrick J ^a   Sadlier, Ross A ^b   Shea, Glenn M ^c   Wilmer, Jessica Worthington ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND MUSEUM   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

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EID: 54849434251     PISSN: 22014349     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3853/j.0067-1975.60.2008.1492     Document Type: Article

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