On the taxonomy of ichthyophiid caecilians from southern Thailand: A reevaluation of the holotype of Ichthyophis supachaii Taylor 1960 (Amphibia: Gymnophiona: Ichthyophiidae)

Amphibia Reptilia

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 87-97

  Kupfer, Alexander ^a,c   Müller, Hendrik ^b,c  

^a DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; MORPHOMETRY; TAXONOMY;

ASIA; EURASIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; THAILAND;

AMPHIBIA; GYMNOPHIONA; ICHTHYOPHIIDAE; ICHTHYOPHIS;

EID: 2542470668     PISSN: 01735373     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156853804322992869     Document Type: Article

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