Taxonomy, biogeography and evolution of Euproctus (Amphibia: Salamandridae), with the resurrection of the genus Calotriton and the description of a new endemic species from the Iberian Peninsula

Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 145, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 555-582

  Carranza, Salvador ^a   Amat, Felix ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b Museu de Granollers Ciencies Naturals   (Spain)

Author keywords

12S rRNA; 16S rRNA; Adaptive convergence; Calotriton arnoldi; Cytochrome b; External morphology; Montseny; mtDNA; Osteology; Phylogeny

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; EUPROCTUS; EUPROCTUS MONTANUS; EUPROCTUS PLATYCEPHALUS; MYA; NEURERGUS KAISERI; SALAMANDRIDAE; SALAMANDROIDEA; TRITURUS KARELINII;

EID: 33745321856     PISSN: 00244082     EISSN: 10963642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2005.00197.x     Document Type: Article

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