A long-known new species of gecko allied to pachydactylus bicolor (squamata: Gekkonidae) from the central namibian coast

African Journal of Herpetology

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 113-129

  Heinicke, Matthew P ^a   Adderly, Lauren M ^a   Bauer, Aaron M ^a   Jackman, Todd R ^a  

^a VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fog belt; Gekkonidae; Namibia; New species; Pachydactylus; Phylogeny

Indexed keywords

GEKKONIDAE; PACHYDACTYLUS; PACHYDACTYLUS BICOLOR; SQUAMATA;

EID: 84857566121     PISSN: 21564574     EISSN: 21533660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/21564574.2011.613952     Document Type: Article

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