A new cryptic rock-dwelling hemidactylus (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from south India

Zootaxa

Volumn , Issue 2765, 2011, Pages 21-37

  Agarwal, Ishan ^a   Giri, Varad B ^b   Bauer, Aaron M ^c  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

^b BOMBAY NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY   (India)

^c VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cryptic species; H. hunae; H. maculatus; H. prashadi group; Hemidactylus graniticolus sp. nov.; India

Indexed keywords

GEKKONIDAE; HEMIDACTYLUS; SQUAMATA;

EID: 79951644470     PISSN: 11755326     EISSN: 11755334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2765.1.2     Document Type: Article

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