Molecular phylogenetic analysis of slender salamanders, genus Batrachoseps (Amphibia: plethodontidae), from central coastal California with descriptions of four new species

Herpetological Monographs

Volumn , Issue 15, 2001, Pages 54-90

  Jockusch, Elizabeth L ^a,b   Yanev, Kay P ^a   Wake, David B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Allozymes; Batrachoseps; California biogeography; Cytochrome b; New species; Plethodontidae; Systematics

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002750030     PISSN: 07331347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.2307/1467038     Document Type: Article

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