Studies on African Agama IV: First record of Agama agama (Sauria: Agamidae) from Madagascar and identity of the alien population on Grande Comore Island

Herpetology Notes

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 73-77

  Wagner, Philipp ^a   Glaw, Frank ^b   Glaw, Kathrin ^c   Böhme, Wolfgang ^a  

^a ZOOLOGISCHES FORSCHUNGSMUSEUM ALEXANDER KOENIG   (Germany)

^b ZOOLOGISCHE STAATSSAMMLUNG MÜNCHEN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Agama agama; Comoro islands; Madagascar; New distribution record

Indexed keywords

AGAMA; AGAMA AGAMA; AGAMIDAE; SAURIA;

EID: 76849098905     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20715773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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