A new genus of miniaturized and pug-nosed gecko from South America (Sphaerodactylidae: Gekkota)

Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 163, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1244-1266

  Gamble, Tony ^a   Daza, Juan D ^b,e   Colli, Guarino R ^c   Vitt, Laurie J ^d   Bauer, Aaron M ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b FUNDACIÓN MIGUEL LILLO   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^e VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amazon; Chatogekko gen. nov.; Coleodactylus; Lizard; Morphology; Osteology; Phylogeny; Polytomy; Squamata

Indexed keywords

COLEODACTYLUS; COLEODACTYLUS AMAZONICUS; GEKKONIDAE; GEKKOTA; SQUAMATA;

EID: 82255192686     PISSN: 00244082     EISSN: 10963642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2011.00741.x     Document Type: Article

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