Taxonomic Relationships of an Endangered Japanese Salamander Hynobius hidamontanus Matsui, 1987 with H. tenuis Nambu, 1991 (Amphibia: Caudata)

Current Herpetology

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 25-34

  Matsui, Masafumi ^a   Nishikawa, Kanto ^a   Misawa, Yasuchika ^b   Kakegawa, Masaichi ^c   Sugahara, Takahiro ^d  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Civil Engineering and Eco Technology Consultants   (Japan)

^c NONE   (Japan)

^d NONE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Allozyme; Biogeography; Conservation; Hynobiidae; Japan; Specific status

Indexed keywords

EID: 0345082104     PISSN: 13455834     EISSN: 18811019     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5358/hsj.21.25     Document Type: Article

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