Phylogeny and taxonomy of the Middle Eastern geckos of the genus Cyrtopodion and their selected relatives

Zootaxa

Volumn , Issue 1931, 2008, Pages 25-36

  Červenka, Jan ^a   Kratochvíl, Lukáš ^a   Frynta, Daniel ^a  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Agamura; Angular toed; Bunopus; Lizards; mtDNA

Indexed keywords

BUNOPUS; CYRTOPODION; GEKKONIDAE; MEDIODACTYLUS; SQUAMATA;

EID: 56349158614     PISSN: 11755326     EISSN: 11755334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1931.1.2     Document Type: Article

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