Image analysis of the ventral colour pattern discriminates between Spectacled salamanders, Salamandrina perspicillata and S. terdigitata (Amphibia, Salamandridae)

Amphibia Reptilia

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 273-282

  Angelini, Claudio ^a,b   Costa, Corrado ^c   Raimondi, Stefano ^a   Menesatti, Paolo ^c   Utzeri, Carlo ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

^c ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DELLA NUTRIZIONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Animal coloration; Partial Least Square Discriminant Analysis; Species recognition; Topographical image analysis

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; COLOR MORPH; FOUNDER EFFECT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL APPLICATION; VARIANCE ANALYSIS;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; SALAMANDRIDAE; SALAMANDRINA; SALAMANDRINA PERSPICILLATA; SALAMANDRINA TERDIGITATA; SALAMANDROIDEA;

EID: 77950974059     PISSN: 01735373     EISSN: 15685381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156853810791069047     Document Type: Article

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