A new species of Paramesotriton (Caudata: Salamandridae) from Guizhou Province, China

Zootaxa

Volumn , Issue 1775, 2008, Pages 51-60

  Zhao, Haitao ^a,b   Che, Jing ^b   Zhou, Weiwei ^b   Chen, Yongxiang ^a   Zhao, Haipeng ^c   Zhang, Ya Ping ^b  

^a Bijie College   (China)

^b KUNMING INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

^c SOUTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Caudata; China; Guizhou; New species; Paramesotriton zhijinensis; Salamandridae; Scent gland

Indexed keywords

CAUDATA; PARAMESOTRITON; PARAMESOTRITON CHINENSIS; SALAMANDRIDAE; SALAMANDROIDEA;

EID: 44649186786     PISSN: 11755326     EISSN: 11755334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1775.1.4     Document Type: Article

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