Phylogenetic relationships of emydine turtles

Herpetologica

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 572-584

  Burke, Russell L ^a,b   Leuteritz, Thomas E ^a,c   Wolf, Alan J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Clemmys; Emydinae; Emydoidea; Emys; Phylogeny; Sex determination; Terrapene; Terrestriality; Turtles

Indexed keywords

CLEMMYS; CLEMMYS GUTTATA; CLEMMYS INSCULPTA; CLEMMYS MARMORATA; CLEMMYS MUHLENBERGII; EMYDIDAE; EMYDOIDEA; EMYS; MARMORATA; TERRAPENE; TESTUDINES;

EID: 0030484687     PISSN: 00180831     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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