Phylogeny-based species delimitation of southern Philippines bent-toed geckos and a new species of Cyrtodactylus (squamata: gekkonidae) from western Mindanao and the Sulu Archipelago

Zootaxa

Volumn , Issue 2390, 2010, Pages 49-68

  Welton, Luke J ^a   Siler, Cameron D ^a,b   Diesmos, Arvin C ^b   Brown, Rafe M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b National Museum of the Philippines   (Philippines)

Author keywords

Cyrtodactylus; Geckos; Mindanao; New species; Pasonanca Natural Park; Philippines; Zamboanga

Indexed keywords

CYRTODACTYLUS; GEKKONIDAE; GONATODES; SQUAMATA;

EID: 77953990947     PISSN: 11755326     EISSN: 11755334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2390.1.3     Document Type: Article

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