Systematics of dusky salamanders, Desmognathus (Caudata: Plethodontidae), in the mountain and Piedmont regions of Virginia and North Carolina, USA

Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 152, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 115-130

  Tilley, Stephen G ^a   Eriksen, Renee L ^a   Katz, Laura A ^a  

^a SMITH COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Allozymes; Cytochrome b; Desmognathus planiceps; Mitochondrial DNA; Morphometrics; Phylogeography; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

CAUDATA; DESMOGNATHUS; DESMOGNATHUS CAROLINENSIS; DESMOGNATHUS FUSCUS; PLETHODONTIDAE; SALAMANDROIDEA;

EID: 38549176685     PISSN: 00244082     EISSN: 10963642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2007.00336.x     Document Type: Article

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