Molecular identification of marbled newts and a justification of species status for Triturus marmoratus and T. pygmaeus

Herpetological Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 24-30

  Espregueira Themudo, G ^a,b   Arntzen, J W ^b  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGAÇÃO EM BIODIVERSIDADE E RECURSOS GENÉTICOS   (Portugal)

^b NATURALIS BIODIVERSITY CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Allozymes; Amphibia; Principal coordinate analysis

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; SALAMANDRIDAE; SALAMANDROIDEA; TRITURUS MARMORATUS;

EID: 34547862941     PISSN: 02680130     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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