A new leaf tailed gecko species from northern Madagascar with a preliminary assessment of molecular and morphological variability in the Uroplatus ebenaui group

Zootaxa

Volumn , Issue 3022, 2011, Pages 39-57

  Ratsoavina, Fanomezana Mihaja ^a,b,c   Louis Jr , Edward E ^c,f   Crottini, Angelica ^a,d   Randrianiaina, Roger Daniel ^a,b   Glaw, Frank ^e   Vences, Miguel ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTANANARIVO   (Madagascar)

^c OMAHA'S HENRY DOORLY ZOO AND AQUARIUM   (United States)

^d CENTRO DE INVESTIGAÇÃO EM BIODIVERSIDADE E RECURSOS GENÉTICOS   (Portugal)

^e ZOOLOGISCHE STAATSSAMMLUNG MÜNCHEN   (Germany)

^f Madagascar Biodiversity Partnership   (Madagascar)

Author keywords

C mos; Gekkonidae; Junior synonyms; Madagascar; Montagne d'Ambre; ND4; Uroplatus finiavana sp. nov.; Uroplatus malama

Indexed keywords

GEKKONIDAE; SQUAMATA; UROPLATUS; UROPLATUS EBENAUI;

EID: 80052723519     PISSN: 11755326     EISSN: 11755334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3022.1.3     Document Type: Article

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