Molecular evidence for the taxonomic status of Hemidactylus brookii group taxa (Squamata: Gekkonidae)

Herpetological Journal

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 129-138

  Bauer, Aaron M ^a   Jackman, Todd R ^a   Greenbaum, Eli ^a,b   de Silva, Anslem ^c   Giri, Varad B ^d   Das, Indraneil ^e  

^a VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO   (United States)

^c Dolosbage Road 15/1 ^*  (Sri Lanka)

^d BOMBAY NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY   (India)

^e UNIVERSITI MALAYSIA SARAWAK   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

H. parvimaculatus; India; Phylogeny; Sri Lanka; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

GEKKONIDAE; HEMIDACTYLUS BROOKII; SQUAMATA;

EID: 78149244475     PISSN: 02680130     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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