Watching extinction happen: The dramatic population decline of the critically endangered Tanzanian Turquoise Dwarf Gecko, Lygodactylus williamsi

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Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 12-20

  Flecks, Morris ^a   Weinsheimer, Frank ^a   Böhme, Wolfgang ^a   Chenga, Jumapili ^b   Lötters, Stefan ^c,d   Rödder, Dennis ^a  

^a ZOOLOGISCHES FORSCHUNGSMUSEUM ALEXANDER KOENIG   (Germany)

^b TRAFFIC East/Southern Africa   (Tanzania)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TRIER   (Germany)

^d Deutsche Gesellschaft für Herpetologie und Terrarienkunde ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

Conservation status; Gekkonidae; Kimboza forest reserve; Pandanus rabaiensis; Pet trade; Population size; Squamata

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; GEKKONIDAE; LYGODACTYLUS; PANDANUS; SPHAERODACTYLUS; SQUAMATA;

EID: 84860289202     PISSN: 00363375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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