Geographical distribution of the endemic sardinian brook salamander, Euproctus platycephalus, and implications for its conservation

Herpetological Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 125-133

  Lecis, Roberta ^a,b   Norris, Ken ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Amphibian decline; Island endemic; Range; Sardinian mountain newt

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; AMPHIUMA MEANS; CAUDATA; EUPROCTUS PLATYCEPHALUS; EURYCEA; PLATYCEPHALUS; SALAMANDRIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 1542443913     PISSN: 02680130     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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