Sexual dimorphism in the Italian endemic species Salamandrina perspicillata (Savi, 1821) and testing of a field method for sexing salamanders

Amphibia Reptilia

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 425-434

  Romano, Antonio ^a   Bruni, Giacomo ^b   Paoletti, Carlo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^b NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Body size; Cloacal morphology; Salamanders; Salamandrina; Sexual dimorphism

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; BODY SIZE; ENDEMIC SPECIES; EVOLUTION; MORPHOLOGY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SEX RATIO; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM;

SALAMANDRINA; SALAMANDRINA PERSPICILLATA; SALAMANDROIDEA;

EID: 70349159931     PISSN: 01735373     EISSN: 15685381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156853809788795128     Document Type: Article

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