Feeding kinematics of phelsuma madagascariensis (Reptilia: gekkonidae): testing differences between iguania and scleroglossa
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A partial systematic revision of the day geckos, Phelsuma Gray, of Madagascar (Reptilia: Squamata: Gekkonidae)
Recent survey work in Madagascar has led to significant changes in the systematics of Madagascan Phelruma. A new species from the Masoala Peninsula in northeastern Madagascar is described, which has a nostril position typical of Phelsuma from Mauritius, Reunion and Rodriguez islands. Phelsuma breviceps was rediscovered in extreme southern Madagascar and is resurrected from the synonymy of P. mu...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Experimental Biology
سال: 1999
ISSN: 1477-9145,0022-0949
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.202.24.3715