A new spiny, prehensile-tailed species of Cyrtodactylus (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Peninsular Malaysia with a preliminary hypothesis of relationships based on morphology

Zootaxa

Volumn , Issue 2625, 2010, Pages 40-52

  Grismer, L Lee ^a   Anuar, Shahrul ^b   Quah, Evan ^b   Muin, Mohd Abdul ^b   Onn, Chan Kin ^c   Grismer, Jesse L ^d   Ahmad, Norhayati ^c  

^a LA SIERRA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SCHOOL OF PHYSICS   (Malaysia)

^c UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^d VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Brevipalmatus; Durio; Elok; Malay Peninsula; Phylogeny; Reptilia; Spinosus; Stresemanni

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; CYRTODACTYLUS; DURIO; GEKKONIDAE; REPTILIA; SQUAMATA;

EID: 77957202525     PISSN: 11755326     EISSN: 11755334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2625.1.2     Document Type: Article

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