Taxonomic revision of the stone geckos (Squamata: Diplodactylidae: Diplodactylus) of southern Australia

Zootaxa

Volumn , Issue 2167, 2009, Pages 25-46

  Hutchinson, Mark N ^a,b   Doughty, Paul ^c   Oliver, Paul M ^a,b  

^a SOUTH AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^c WESTERN AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cryptic species; Lizards; Morphology; Squamata; Systematics

Indexed keywords

DIPLODACTYLUS; DIPLODACTYLUS VITTATUS; GEKKONIDAE; SQUAMATA;

EID: 68349123616     PISSN: 11755326     EISSN: 11755334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2167.1.2     Document Type: Article

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