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Species delimitation in the Gehyra nana (Squamata: Gekkonidae) complex: cryptic and divergent morphological evolution in the Australian Monsoonal Tropics, with the description of four new species
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Doughty, Paul, Bourke, Gayleen, Tedeschi, Leonardo G., Pratt, Renae C., Oliver, Paul M., Palmer, Russell A., Moritz, Craig (2018): Species delimitation in the Gehyra nana (Squamata: Gekkonidae) complex: cryptic and divergent morphological evolution in the Australian Monsoonal Tropics, with the description of four new species. Zootaxa 4403 (2): 201-244, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4403.2.1
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