Evidence of population genetic structure within the Florida Worm Lizard, Rhineura floridana (Amphisbaenia: Rhineuridae)

Journal of Herpetology

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 118-124

  Mulvaney, Abigail ^a   Castoe, Todd A ^a   Ashton, Kyle G ^b   Krysko, Kenneth L ^c   Parkinson, Christopher L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^b KUTZTOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHISBAENIA; RHINEURA FLORIDANA; RHINEURIDAE; SQUAMATA;

EID: 16244408335     PISSN: 00221511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1670/0022-1511(2005)039[0118:EOPGSW]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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