Phylogeographic link between Sicilian and Corso-Sardinian Testudo h. hermanni confirmed

Acta Herpetologica

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 119-123

  Giacalone, Gabriele ^a,b   Valvo, Mario Lo ^a   Fritz, Uwe ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^c SENCKENBERG DEUTSCHES ENTOMOLOGISCHES INSTITUT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Corsica; Phylogeography; Sardinia; Sicily; Testudo hermanni

Indexed keywords

TESTUDINIDAE; TESTUDO; TESTUDO HERMANNI;

EID: 77957103983     PISSN: 18279635     EISSN: 18279643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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