Variation in number of trunk vertebrae and in count of costal grooves in salamanders of the family Hynobiidae

Contributions to Zoology

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 195-209

  Litvinchuk, S N ^a   Borkin, L J ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF CYTOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^b ZOOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Costal grooves; Hynobiidae; Trunk vertebrae

Indexed keywords

AMPHIUMA MEANS; BATRACHUPERUS; CAUDATA; HYNOBIIDAE; ONYCHODACTYLUS;

EID: 0142059655     PISSN: 00678546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/18759866-07204001     Document Type: Article

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