Morphometrics of the yellow-bellied toad (Bombina variegata) in the Central Balkans: Implications for taxonomy and zoogeography

Zoological Studies

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 213-222

  Vukov, Tanja D ^a   Džukić, Georg ^a   Lelo, Suvad ^b   Borkin, Leo J ^c   Litvinchuk, Spartak N ^c,d   Kalezić, Miloš L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

^b Faculty of Science   (Serbia)

^c ZOOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^d INSTITUTE OF CYTOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Bombina variegata; Bombina variegata scabra; Morphometric differentiation; Taxonomy; Zoogeography

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; BOMBINA VARIEGATA;

EID: 33747782999     PISSN: 10215506     EISSN: 1810522X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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