Variation and species status of slider turtles (Emydidae: Trachemys) in the southwestern United States and adjacent Mexico

Herpetologica

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 470-487

  Seidel, Michael E ^a,c   Stuart, James N ^b   Degenhardt, William G ^b  

^a MARSHALL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Emydidae; Hemoglobin; Hybrids; Morphology; Species taxonomy; Trachemys gaigeae; Trachemys scripta

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; HEMOGLOBIN; HYBRID; INTROGRESSION; ISOELECTRIC FOCUSING; MEXICO; PHYLOGENY; RIVER; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TRACHEMYS CATASPILA; UNITED STATES;

PHYLOGENETICS; TURTLE;

MEXICO; UNITED STATES;

TRACHEMYS GAIGEAE; TRACHEMYS SCRIPTA;

EID: 0033384020     PISSN: 00180831     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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