A new Gekko from Sibuyan Island, central Philippines

Herpetologica

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 460-476

  Brown, Rafe M ^a   Siler, Cameron D ^a   Oliveros, Carl H ^a,b   Diesmos, Arvin C ^c   Alcala, Angel C ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b Isla Biodiversity Conservation   (Philippines)

^c National Museum of the Philippines   (Philippines)

^d SILLIMAN UNIVERSITY   (Philippines)

Author keywords

Gekkonidae; New species; Philippines; Romblon Island Group; Sibuyan Island

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; BODY SIZE; COLOR; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; LIZARD; NEW RECORD; NEW SPECIES; SHAPE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TAXONOMY;

MIMAROPA; PHILIPPINES; ROMBLON [MIMAROPA]; SIBUYAN; VISAYAS;

GEKKO; GEKKONIDAE; MYCTEROPERCA FUSCA; SQUAMATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 81255184610     PISSN: 00180831     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1655/HERPETOLOGICA-D-11-00025.1     Document Type: Article

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