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A phylogenetic analysis of the southern African gecko genus Afroedura Loveridge (Squamata: Gekkonidae), with the description of nine new species from Limpopo and Mpumalanga provinces of South Africa
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Jacobsen, Niels H. G., Kuhn, Arianna L., Jackman, Todd R., Bauer, Aaron M. (2014): A phylogenetic analysis of the southern African gecko genus Afroedura Loveridge (Squamata: Gekkonidae), with the description of nine new species from Limpopo and Mpumalanga provinces of South Africa. Zootaxa 3846 (4): 451-501, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3846.4.1
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