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A new species of Microgecko Nikolsky, 1907 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Pakistan

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  • 1. Department of Zoology, University of Peshawar, Peshawar, Pakistan
  • 2. Department of Zoology, PMAS-UAAR, Rawalpindi, Pakistan
  • 3. Department of Zoology, Comenius University in Bratislava, Ilkovičova 6, Mlynská dolina, 842 15 Bratislava, Slovakia jablonski.dan@gmail.com; daniel.jablonski@balcanica.cz; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5394-0114

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Masroor, Rafaqat, Khisroon, Muhammad, Khan, Muazzam Ali, Jablonski, Daniel (2020): A new species of Microgecko Nikolsky, 1907 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Pakistan. Zootaxa 4780 (1): 147-164, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4780.1.7

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