A new species of karst dwelling Cyrtodactylus (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Northwestern Laos

Zootaxa

Volumn , Issue 2930, 2011, Pages 1-21

  Schneider, Nicole ^a   Nguyen, Truong Quang ^b,f   Schmitz, Andreas ^c   Kingsada, Phouthone ^d   Auer, Markus ^e   Ziegler, Thomas ^a  

^a AG ZOOLOGISCHER GARTEN KÖLN   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY AND BIOLOGICAL RESOURCES   (Viet Nam)

^c MUSÉUM D HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (Switzerland)

^d NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF LAOS   (Laos)

^e SENCKENBERG DEUTSCHES ENTOMOLOGISCHES INSTITUT   (Germany)

^f ZOOLOGISCHES FORSCHUNGSMUSEUM ALEXANDER KOENIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cyrtodactylus pageli sp. n.; Gekkonidae; Laos; Squamata; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

CYRTODACTYLUS; GEKKONIDAE; GONATODES; SQUAMATA;

EID: 79959697617     PISSN: 11755326     EISSN: 11755334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2930.1.1     Document Type: Article

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