New insights in the taxonomy of the persian sand gecko, tropiocolotes persicus (nikolsky, 1903): (Sauria: Gekkonidae)

Zoology in the Middle East

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 55-62

  Rajabizadeh, Mehdi ^a   Rastegar Pouyani, Nasrullah ^b   Faizi, Hiva ^c   Bostanchi, Hamid ^d  

^a International Center for Science High Technology and Environmental Sciences   (Iran)

^b RAZI UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^c Section of Environment   (Iran)

^d NONE   (Iran)

Author keywords

Distribution; Habitat; Iran; Middle East; Morphology; Ontogenetic changes; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; HABITAT TYPE; LIZARD; MORPHOLOGY; ONTOGENY; SPECIMEN BANK; TAXONOMY;

IRAN;

GEKKONIDAE; TROPIOCOLOTES;

EID: 77952054541     PISSN: 09397140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09397140.2010.10638390     Document Type: Article

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