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Applying n-dimensional hypervolumes for species delimitation: unexpected molecular, morphological, and ecological diversity in the Leaf-Toed Gecko Phyllodactylus reissii Peters, 1862 (Squamata: Phyllodactylidae) from northern Peru

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Koch, Claudia, Flecks, Morris, Venegas, Pablo J., Bialke, Patrick, Valverde, Sebastian, Rödder, Dennis (2016): Applying n-dimensional hypervolumes for species delimitation: unexpected molecular, morphological, and ecological diversity in the Leaf-Toed Gecko Phyllodactylus reissii Peters, 1862 (Squamata: Phyllodactylidae) from northern Peru. Zootaxa 4161 (1): 41-80, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4161.1.2

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