Patterns of genetic differentiation in salamanders of the Desmognathus ochrophaeus complex (Amphibia: Plethodontidae)

Herpetological Monographs

Volumn 10, Issue , 1996, Pages 1-42

  Tilley, Stephen G ^a   Mahoney, Meredith J ^a,b  

^a SMITH COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Allozymes; Desmognathus carolinensis; Desmognathus ochrophaeus; Desmognathus ocoee; Desmognathus orestes sp. Nov.; Plethodontidae; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; AMPHIUMA MEANS; CAROLINENSIS; CAUDATA; COLUMBA; DESMOGNATHUS CAROLINENSIS; DESMOGNATHUS OCHROPHAEUS; DESMOGNATHUS OCOEE; DESMOGNATHUS ORESTES; PLETHODONTIDAE;

EID: 0002443742     PISSN: 07331347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.2307/1466979     Document Type: Article

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