A new species of Gekko (squamata: gekkonidae) from central Luzon Island, Philippines

Zootaxa

Volumn , Issue 2396, 2010, Pages 37-49

  Linkem, Charles W ^a   Siler, Cameron D ^a   Diesmos, Arvin C ^b   Sy, Emerson ^b   Brown, Rafe M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b National Museum of the Philippines   (Philippines)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Endemism; Faunal region; Gekkonidae; Limestone forest

Indexed keywords

GEKKO; GEKKONIDAE; SQUAMATA;

EID: 77954014954     PISSN: 11755326     EISSN: 11755334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2396.1.3     Document Type: Article

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