Morphological differentiation of the alpine newt (Triturus Alpestris) in the Balkans: Taxonomic implications

Herpetological Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 1-8

  Sotiropoulos, Konstantinos ^a   Tomovic, Ljiljana ^b   Dzukic, Georg ^c   Kalezic, Milos L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b Faculty of Biology   (Serbia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Balkan Peninsula; Morphological differentiation; Paedogenesis; Taxonomy; Triturus alpestris

Indexed keywords

TRITURUS ALPESTRIS;

EID: 0035026103     PISSN: 02680130     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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