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Checklist of the lizards of Togo (West Africa), with comments on systematics, distribution, ecology, and conservation

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  • 1. Zoologie et Biologie animale, Faculté des Sciences, Université de Lomé, BP 1515, Lomé (Togo) h_segniagbeto@yahoo.fr
  • 2. Laboratoire de Paludologie et Zoologie médicale, Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD), Centre de Dakar, BP 1386, Dakar (Sénégal) jean-francois.trape@ird.fr
  • 3. Zoologie et Biologie animale, Faculté des Sciences, Université de Lomé, BP 1515, Lomé (Togo) kafiade@gmail.com
  • 4. Naturkunde, Leibniz Institute for Evolution and Biodiversity Science, Invalidenstr. 43, 10115 Berlin (Germany) mo.roedel@mfn-berlin.de
  • 5. Institut de Systématique, Évolution, Biodiversité, ISYEB - UMR 7205 - CNRS, MNHN, UPMC, EPHE, national d'Histoire naturelle, Sorbonne Universités, Département de Systématique & Évolution, case postale 30, 57 rue Cuvier, F-75005 Paris (France) ohler@mnhn.fr, adubois@mnhn.fr, pdavid@mnhn.fr
  • 6. Royal Museum for Central Africa, Department of African Zoology, Vertebrate Section, Leuvensesteenweg 13, 3080 Tervuren (Belgium) danny.meirte@africamuseum.be
  • 7. Zoologie et Biologie animale, Faculté des Sciences, Université de Lomé, BP 1515, Lomé (Togo)
  • 8. Delta Ecology and Biodiversity Conservation Unit, Department of Applied and Environmental Biology, Rivers State University of Science and Tecnology PMB 5080, Port Harcourt, Rivers State (Nigeria) fapetrozzi@gmail.com, lucamlu@tin.it

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Segniagbeto, Gabriel Hoinsoude, Trape, Jean-François, Afiademanyo, Komlan M., Rödel, Mark-Oliver, Ohler, Annemarie, Dubois, Alain, David, Patrick, Meirte, Danny, Glitho, Isabelle Adolé, Petrozzi, Fabio, Luiselli, Luca (2015): Checklist of the lizards of Togo (West Africa), with comments on systematics, distribution, ecology, and conservation. Zoosystema 37 (2): 381-402, DOI: 10.5252/z2015n2a7, URL: http://zoobank.org/b6713fc6-b1cd-4e20-bf33-ef174cb77317

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