A new species of Ichthyophis (Amphibia: Gymnophiona: Ichthyophiidae) from Karnataka, India

Herpetologica

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 511-518

  Wilkinson, Mark ^a   Gower, David J ^a   Govindappa, Venu ^b   Venkatachalaiah, G ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^b BANGALORE UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Caecilians; Herpetology; South Asia; Systematics; Western Ghats

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; MORPHOLOGY; NEW SPECIES; SYMPATRY; TAXONOMY;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; KARNATAKA; MADIKERI; SOUTH ASIA; WESTERN GHATS;

AMPHIBIA; GYMNOPHIONA; ICHTHYOPHIIDAE; ICHTHYOPHIS;

EID: 38149035733     PISSN: 00180831     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1655/0018-0831(2007)63[511:ANSOIA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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