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High genetic differentiation within the Hemidactylus turcicus complex (Reptilia: Gekkonidae) in the Levant, with comments on the phylogeny and systematics of the genus
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Moravec, Jiří, Kratochvíl, Lukáš, Amr, Zuair S., Jandzik, David, Šmíd, Jiří, Gvoždík, Václav (2011): High genetic differentiation within the Hemidactylus turcicus complex (Reptilia: Gekkonidae) in the Levant, with comments on the phylogeny and systematics of the genus. Zootaxa 2894: 21-38, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.204390
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