Is Testudo werneri a distinct species?

Biologia

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 228-231

  Široký, Pavel ^a   Fritz, Uwe ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY AND PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES   (Czech Republic)

^b DNA Laboratory   (Germany)

Author keywords

Israel; Libya; MtDNA; Sequence variation; Systematics; Taxonomy; Testudo kleinmanni; Testudo werneri

Indexed keywords

TESTUDINIDAE; TESTUDO; TESTUDO KLEINMANNI;

EID: 34547512586     PISSN: 00063088     EISSN: 13369563     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/s11756-007-0036-1     Document Type: Article

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