On the phylogenetic position of the uraeotyphlidae (Amphibia: Gymnophiona)

Copeia

Volumn , Issue 3, 1996, Pages 550-562

  Wilkinson, Mark ^a   Nussbaum, Ronald A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; CAECILIA; CAECILIIDAE (AMPHIBIA); GYMNOPHIONA; ICHTHYOPHIIDAE; SCOLECOMORPHIDAE; TYPHLONECTIDAE; URAEOTYPHLIDAE;

EID: 0029785205     PISSN: 00458511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1447519     Document Type: Article

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