A new species of Uraeotyphlus (Amphibia: Gymnophiona: Uraeotyphlidae) of the Malabaricus group

Herpetologica

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 235-245

  Gower, David J ^a   Rajendran, Albert ^b   Nussbaum, Ronald A ^c   Wilkinson, Mark ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^b St John's College   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Caecilians; Herpetology; India; Systematics; Western Ghats

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; HERPETOFAUNA; NEW SPECIES; TAXONOMY; TOOTH; TYPE SPECIMEN;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA; TAMIL NADU; WESTERN GHATS;

AMPHIBIA; GYMNOPHIONA; URAEOTYPHLIDAE; URAEOTYPHLUS;

EID: 47749128096     PISSN: 00180831     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1655/07-075R1.1     Document Type: Article

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