An evaluation of the taxonomic validity of Testudo werneri

Amphibia Reptilia

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 393-401

  Attum, Omar ^a   El Din, Sherif Baha ^b   Carranza, Salvador ^c   Earley, Ryan ^d   Arnold, E Nicholas ^e   Kingsbury, Bruce ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY PURDUE UNIVERSITY FORT WAYNE   (United States)

^b Nature Conservation Sector   (Egypt)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^d CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

12S rRNA; Egypt; Mitochondrial DNA; Morphology; Testudo kleinmanni; Testudo werneri

Indexed keywords

ERROR ANALYSIS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; MORPHOLOGY; MORPHOMETRY; REPTILE; RNA; TAXONOMY;

AFRICA; EGYPT; NORTH AFRICA;

TESTUDO; TESTUDO KLEINMANNI;

EID: 34547956134     PISSN: 01735373     EISSN: 15685381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156853807781374728     Document Type: Article

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