Cryptic extinction of a common Pacific lizard Emoia impar (Squamata, Scincidae) from the Hawaiian Islands

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Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 187-195

  Fisher, Robert ^a   Ineich, Ivan ^b  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

Author keywords

Emoia impar; Hawaiian Islands; invasive ants; Lampropholis delicata; lizard extinction; Pheidole megacephala; Scincidae

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHICAL REGION; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; BIRD; CRYPSIS; EXTINCTION RISK; INVERTEBRATE; LIZARD; MUSEUM; POPULATION DECLINE; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

HAWAIIAN ISLANDS;

AVES; EMOIA IMPAR; FORMICIDAE; INVERTEBRATA; LAMPROPHOLIS DELICATA; PHEIDOLE MEGACEPHALA; REPTILIA; SCINCIDAE; SQUAMATA;

EID: 84860797474     PISSN: 00306053     EISSN: 13653008     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0030605310001778     Document Type: Review

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