Painted turtles (Chrysemys picta) of Vermont: An examination of phenotypic variation and intergradation

Northeastern Naturalist

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 363-380

  Wright, Katherine M ^a   Andrews, James S ^b  

^a Middlebury College ^*  (United States)

^b MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHRYSEMYS; CHRYSEMYS PICTA; CHRYSEMYS PICTA MARGINATA; CHRYSEMYS PICTA PICTA; EMYDIDAE; TESTUDINES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0036919223     PISSN: 10926194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1656/1092-6194(2002)009[0363:PTCPOV]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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