Reproductive life history of Desmognathus folkertsi (Dwarf Black-bellied Salamander)

Southeastern Naturalist

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 669-684

  Camp, Carlos D ^a   Marshall, Jeremy L ^b  

^a PIEDMONT COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DESMOGNATHUS; DESMOGNATHUS FOLKERTSI; DESMOGNATHUS QUADRAMACULATUS; SALAMANDROIDEA;

EID: 33846782894     PISSN: 15287092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1656/1528-7092(2006)5[669:RLHODF]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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