The first karyotypic report of the genus Caudacaecilia with comments on its generic validity (amphibia, gymnophiona, ichthyophiidae)

Copeia

Volumn , Issue 2, 2006, Pages 256-260

  Matsui, Masafumi ^a,b   Nishikawa, Kanto ^a   Sudin, Ahmad ^b   Mohamed, Maryati ^a,b  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITI MALAYSIA SABAH   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; CHROMOSOME; KARYOTYPE;

ASIA; EAST MALAYSIA; EURASIA; MALAYSIA; SABAH; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

AMPHIBIA; CAUDACAECILIA; GYMNOPHIONA; ICHTHYOPHIIDAE; ICHTHYOPHIS;

EID: 33744780441     PISSN: 00458511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1643/0045-8511(2006)6[256:TFKROT]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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