Taxonomic status of Triturus vittatus (Amphibia: Salamandridae) in western Turkey: Trunk vertebrae count, genome size and allozyme data

Amphibia Reptilia

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 305-323

  Litvinchuk, S N ^a   Zuiderwijk, A ^b   Borkin, L J ^c   Rosanov, J M ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CYTOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c ZOOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Allozymes; Amphibia; Flow cytometry; Genome size; Nuclear DNA content; Salamandridae; The Caucasus; Triturus; Triturus vittatus; Trunk vertebrae; Turkey

Indexed keywords

ALLOZYME; AMPHIBIAN; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENOME; TAXONOMY;

ANATOLIA; EURASIA; TURKEY;

AMPHIBIA; SALAMANDRIDAE; SALAMANDROIDEA; TRITURUS; TRITURUS VITTATUS;

EID: 33745932749     PISSN: 01735373     EISSN: 15685381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156853805774408685     Document Type: Article

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