'Paedocannibal' morph barred tiger salamanders (Ambystoma tigrinum mavortium) from eastern South Dakota

American Midland Naturalist

Volumn 141, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 124-139

  Larson, Kjersten L ^a   Duffy, Walter ^a   Johnson, Erin ^b   Donovan, Michele F ^c   Lannoo, Michael J ^b  

^a SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BALL STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMBYSTOMA; AMBYSTOMA TIGRINUM; AMBYSTOMA TIGRINUM MAVORTIUM; AMPHIUMA MEANS; ANIMALIA; ARABYSTOMA; ARABYSTOMA TIGRINUM; CAUDATA; PANTHERA TIGRIS;

EID: 0032958894     PISSN: 00030031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1674/0003-0031(1999)141[0124:PMBTSA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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