Hidden biodiversity in rare northern Australian vertebrates: The case of the clawless geckos (Crenadactylus, Diplodactylidae) of the Kimberley

Wildlife Research

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 429-435

  Oliver, Paul M ^a,b   Doughty, Paul ^c   Palmer, Russell ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b MUSEUM VICTORIA   (Australia)

^c WESTERN AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

^d DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND CONSERVATION   (Australia)

Author keywords

cryptic species; lizards; microendemism; Monsoon Biome; phylogenetic diversity; sampling gaps

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOGEOGRAPHY; BIOME; CONSERVATION GENETICS; DATA SET; ENDEMIC SPECIES; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; NEOGENE; PHYLOGENETICS; RAINFALL; RARE SPECIES; REPTILE; TAXONOMY;

AUSTRALIA; KIMBERLEY [WESTERN AUSTRALIA]; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

ANIMALIA; CRENADACTYLUS; GEKKONIDAE; SQUAMATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84863502906     PISSN: 10353712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/WR12024     Document Type: Review

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