The taxonomic status of Triturus vulgaris (Linnaeus, 1758) populations in Western Anatolia, Turkey

Turkish Journal of Zoology

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 133-140

  Olgun, Kurtuluş ^a   Baran, Ibrahim ^b   Tok, C Varol ^c  

^a ADNAN MENDERES UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b DOKUZ EYLUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c EGE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Distribution; Morphology; Taxonomy; Triturus vulgaris; Turkey

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037835819     PISSN: 13000179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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