Phylogeny, taxonomy and biogeography of a circum-Indian Ocean clade of leaf-toed geckos (Reptilia: Gekkota), with a description of two new genera

Systematics and Biodiversity

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 23-42

  Heinicke, Matthew P ^a   Daza, Juan D ^b   Greenbaum, Eli ^c   Jackman, Todd R ^b   Bauer, Aaron M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN DEARBORN   (United States)

^b VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO   (United States)

Author keywords

Afrogecko; Christinus; Computed Tomography; Cryptactites; dispersal; Gondwana; Matoatoa; molecular clock; osteology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84895541002     PISSN: 14772000     EISSN: 14780933     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14772000.2013.877999     Document Type: Article

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