Phylogenetic relationships of the endangered Shenandoah Salamander (Plethodon shenandoah) and other salamanders of the Plethodon cinereus group (Caudata: Plethodontidae)

Journal of Herpetology

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 96-105

  Sites Jr , Jack W ^a   Morando, Mariana ^a   Highton, Richard ^b   Huber, Fred ^c   Jung, Robin E ^d  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Bldg 142   (United States)

^c Threatened Endangered Species Prog   (United States)

^d PATUXENT WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHIUMA MEANS; ANIMALIA; CAUDATA; CINEREUS GROUP; PLETHODON; PLETHODON CINEREUS; PLETHODON SHENANDOAH; PLETHODONTIDAE;

EID: 2142830929     PISSN: 00221511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1670/4-03A     Document Type: Article

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