Morphological and molecular assessment of the Diplodactylus savagei species complex in the Pilbara region, Western Australia, with a description of a new species

Zootaxa

Volumn , Issue 2393, 2010, Pages 33-45

  Doughty, Paul ^a   Pepper, Mitzy ^b   Keogh, J Scott ^b  

^a WESTERN AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cryptic species; Diplodactylidae; Gecko; Lizard; ND2; TRNA

Indexed keywords

DIPLODACTYLUS; GALAXIAS; GEKKONIDAE; SQUAMATA;

EID: 77953990949     PISSN: 11755326     EISSN: 11755334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2393.1.3     Document Type: Article

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