Taxonomic status and phylogenetic relationships of Boulengerula denhardti Nieden, 1912 (Amphibia, gymnophiona, caeciliidae)

Zoosystematics and Evolution

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 41-51

  Wilkinson, Mark ^a   Loader, Simon P ^a,b   Müller, Hendrik ^a,c   Gower, David J ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^c LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Africa; Caecilian; Herpetofauna; Kenya; Phylogeny

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645468687     PISSN: 14351935     EISSN: 18600743     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mmnz.20040800104     Document Type: Article

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