Species groups in the Indian caecilian genus Uraeotyphlus peters (Amphibia: Gymnophiona: Uraeotyphlidae), with the description of a new species

Herpetologica

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 401-410

  Gower, David J ^a   Wilkinson, Mark ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Caecilians; India; Systematics; Western Ghats

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; MORPHOLOGY; NEW SPECIES; TAXONOMY;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; KERALA; SOUTH ASIA; WESTERN GHATS;

AMPHIBIA; GYMNOPHIONA; URAEOTYPHLIDAE; URAEOTYPHLUS; URAEOTYPHLUS NARAYANI; URAEOTYPHLUS OXYURUS;

EID: 35549000076     PISSN: 00180831     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1655/0018-0831(2007)63[401:SGITIC]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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