Further specimens and phylogenetic position of the recently described leaf turtle species Cyclemys gemeli (Testudines: Geoemydidae)

Zootaxa

Volumn , Issue 2008, 2009, Pages 29-37

  Praschag, Peter ^a   Hundsdörfer, Anna K ^b   Fritz, Uwe ^b  

^a A B Meyer Building ^*  (Austria)

^b DNA Laboratory   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cyclemys fusca; Cyclemys gemeli; India; Molecular phylogenetics; Myanmar

Indexed keywords

CYCLEMYS; GEOEMYDA; GEOEMYDIDAE; TESTUDINES;

EID: 64249085476     PISSN: 11755326     EISSN: 11755334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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