A versatile field method for tissue sampling on small reptiles and amphibians, applied to pond turtles, newts, frogs and toads

Conservation Genetics

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 865-867

  Poschadel, Jens R ^a   Möller, Dirk ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Buccal swab; DNA sampling; Field method; Minimally invasive; Reptiles and amphibians

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; FIELD METHOD; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; REPTILE;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; EMYDIDAE; REPTILIA; SALAMANDRIDAE; TESTUDINES;

EID: 23944472098     PISSN: 15660621     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10592-004-1974-6     Document Type: Article

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