Sand, stone, and Tropiocolotes: Diversity and distribution of dwarf geckos in Saudi Arabia

Pola, Luk&#225;š; Egan, Damien M.; Mukhtar, Faris A.; Alkaboor, Abdulaziz A.; Rowntree, Neil; Ferguson, Euan; Hlav&#225;č, Denis; Al Mutairi, Mohammed; Shobrak, Mohammed; Carranza, Salvador; Ramalho, Ricardo; Olson, David; Smid, Jiř&#237;

doi:10.3897/herpetozoa.38.e166855

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Sand, stone, and Tropiocolotes: Diversity and distribution of dwarf geckos in Saudi Arabia

Pola, Lukáš
Egan, Damien M.
Mukhtar, Faris A.
Alkaboor, Abdulaziz A.
Rowntree, Neil
Ferguson, Euan
Hlaváč, Denis
Al Mutairi, Mohammed
Shobrak, Mohammed
Carranza, Salvador
Ramalho, Ricardo
Olson, David
Smid, Jiří

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

2025-10-2

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