Viviparity in Salamandra salamandra (Amphibia: Salamandridae): Adaptation or exaptation?

Herpetologica

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 144-152

  Dopazo, Hernán J ^a,b   Korenblum, Marcela ^a  

^a MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Comparative methods; Exaptation; Salamandra salamandra; Urodeles; Viviparity

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; AMPHIBIAN; EVOLUTION; VIVIPARITY;

SALAMANDRA SALAMANDRA;

EID: 0034041005     PISSN: 00180831     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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