Status of some populations of Mexican salamanders (Amphibia: Plethodontidae)

Revista de Biologia Tropical

Volumn 47, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 217-223

  Parra Olea, Gabriela ^a   García París, Mario ^a   Wake, David B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphibian declines; Mexico; Plethodontidae; Populations; Salamanders

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000511713     PISSN: 00347744     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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