Reevaluation of the status of taxa of Central American caecilians (Amphibia: Gymnophiona), with comments on their origin and evolution

Copeia

Volumn , Issue 1, 2001, Pages 52-64

  Savage, J M ^a   Wake, M H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; EVOLUTION; TAXONOMY;

CENTRAL AMERICA;

AMPHIBIA; CAECILIA; CAECILIA ISTHMICA; CAECILIA LEUCOCEPHALA; CAECILIA NIGRICANS; CAECILIA VOLCANI; DERMOPHIS; DERMOPHIS COSTARICENSE; DERMOPHIS GRACILIOR; DERMOPHIS MEXICANUS; DERMOPHIS MULTIPLICATA; DERMOPHIS OAXACAE; DERMOPHIS SYNTREMA; GYMNOPHIONA; GYMNOPIS; LEUCOCEPHALA; OSCAECILIA; OSCAECILIA ELONGATA; OSCAECILIA OCHROCEPHALA; OSCAECILIA OSAE;

EID: 0035895511     PISSN: 00458511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1643/0045-8511(2001)001[0052:ROTSOT]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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