Three New Species of Ptyodactylus (Reptilia; Squamata; Phyllodactylidae) from the Middle East

Roman Nazarov, Daniel Melnikov, Ekaterina Melnikova

Abstract


Three new species of Ptyodactylus from the Middle East are described. First preliminary data on mtDNA phylogeny of Ptyodactylus is presented.

Keywords


fan-footed gecko; Ptyodactylus; Gekkonidae; new species; Oman; Jordan; mtDNA phylogeny

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.30906/1026-2296-2013-20-2-147-162

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