New flap-legged forest gecko (Genus Luperosaurus) from the Northern Philippines

Journal of Herpetology

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 202-210

  Brown, Rafe M ^a,b   Diesmos, Arvin C ^b   Oliveros, Carl H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b National Museum of the Philippines   (Philippines)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEKKONIDAE; LUPEROSAURUS;

EID: 79959198568     PISSN: 00221511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1670/10-123.1     Document Type: Article

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