Taxonomy of the Plethodontid salamander Genus ensatina

Herpetologica

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 279-298

  Wake, David B ^a   Schneider, Christopher J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biogeography; Ensatina eschscholtzii; Phylogenetics; Plethodontid salamanders; Ring species; Species concepts; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

ENSATINA ESCHSCHOLTZII;

EID: 0031811274     PISSN: 00180831     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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