A new species of salamander of the genus Hynobius from Central Honshu, Japan (Amphibia, Urodela)

Zoological Science

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 661-669

  Matsui, Masafumi ^a   Kokuryo, Yasuhiro ^b   Misawa, Yasuchika ^c   Nishikawa, Kanto ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Civ Eng and Eco Technol Consult ^*  (Japan)

^c Civil Engineering and Eco Technology Consultants Co Ltd   (Japan)

Author keywords

Central Japan; Electrophoresis; Hynobius katoi; Taxonomy; Urodela

Indexed keywords

ISOENZYME;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY CONSTITUTION; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYTOLOGY; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FEMALE; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; JAPAN; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; OOCYTE; PHENOTYPE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; BODY CONSTITUTION; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DEMOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHORESIS, STARCH GEL; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; ISOENZYMES; JAPAN; MALE; OVUM; PHENOTYPE; SEX FACTORS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; URODELA;

AMPHIBIA; AMPHIUMA MEANS; ANIMALIA; CAUDATA; HYNOBIUS; HYNOBIUS KIMURAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 3242698654     PISSN: 02890003     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2108/zsj.21.661     Document Type: Article

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