Cryptic variation and recent bipolar range expansion within the Stumped-Toed Gecko Gehyra mutilata across Indian and Pacific Ocean Islands

Contributions to Zoology

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-8

  Rocha, Sara ^a,b,c   Ineich, Ivan ^d   Harris, James ^a,b  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGAÇÃO EM BIODIVERSIDADE E RECURSOS GENÉTICOS   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

^d MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

Author keywords

16s rRNA; Asia; Biogeography; Gehyra insulensis; Gehyra mutilata; Indian Ocean; Introductions; Island colonisations; Oceania

Indexed keywords

GEHYRA; GEHYRA MUTILATA; GEKKONIDAE;

EID: 67651146919     PISSN: 13834517     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/18759866-07801001     Document Type: Article

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