Temporal bones of the gekkota support molecular relationships within the pygopodoidea

Journal of Herpetology

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 381-386

  Daza, Juan D ^a   Bauer, Aaron M ^a  

^a VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEKKOTA; PYGOPODIDAE; SQUAMATA;

EID: 84867067754     PISSN: 00221511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1670/11-183     Document Type: Article

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