A strikingly polychromatic new species of Gonatodes (Squamata: Sphaerodactylidae) from northern Venezuela

Zootaxa

Volumn , Issue 3518, 2012, Pages 66-78

  Rivero Blanco, Carlos ^a   Schargel, Walter E ^b  

^a Edif B 33 ^*  (Venezuela)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Gecko; Lizard; Polymorphic; Reptile; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867505748     PISSN: 11755326     EISSN: 11755334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3518.1.4     Document Type: Article

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