A new species of black-bellied salamander (genus Desmognathus) from the Appalachian Mountains of northern Georgia

Herpetologica

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 471-484

  Camp, Carlos D ^a   Tilley, Stephen G ^a   Austin Jr , Richard M ^a   Marshall, Jeremy L ^a  

^a PIEDMONT COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Allozyme variation; Cryptic species; Desmognathinae; Desmognathus folkertsi; Desmognathus quadramaculatus; New species; Sympatry

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; GENETIC VARIATION; MORPHOLOGY; NEW SPECIES;

APPALACHIAN MOUNTAINS; GEORGIA; UNITED STATES;

AMPHIBIA; AMPHIUMA MEANS; DESMOGNATHINAE; DESMOGNATHUS; DESMOGNATHUS QUADRAMACULATUS; REPTILIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0036883505     PISSN: 00180831     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1655/0018-0831(2002)058[0471:ANSOBS]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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