Mitochondrial DNA divergence suggests that Podarcis hispanica atrata (Squamata: Lacertidae) from the columbretes islands merits specific distinction

Copeia

Volumn , Issue 4, 1998, Pages 1037-1040

  Castilia, Aurora M ^a,b   Fernandez Pedrosa, Victoria ^c   Harris, D James ^d   Gonzalez, Ana ^c   Latorre, Amparo ^c   Moya, Andrés ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b INSTITUTO MEDITERRÁNEO DE ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^d DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LACERTIDAE; PODARCIS HISPANICA; PODARCIS HISPANICA ATRATA; SQUAMATA;

EID: 0032583420     PISSN: 00458511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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