Unmasking pachytriton labiatus (Amphibia: Urodela: Salamandridae), with description of a new species of pachytriton from guangxi, china

Zoological Science

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 453-461

  Nishikawa, Kanto ^a   Jiang, Jian Ping ^b   Matsui, Masafumi ^a   Mo, Yun Ming ^c  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b CHENGDU INSTITUTE OF BIOLOGY   (China)

^c Guangxi Natural History Museum   (China)

Author keywords

China; new species; Pachytriton labiatus; Paramesotriton; synonym

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHINA; CLASSIFICATION; HISTOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; CHINA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; URODELA;

AMPHIBIA; CAUDATA; PACHYTRITON; PACHYTRITON LABIATUS; PARAMESOTRITON; SALAMANDRIDAE;

EID: 79958122270     PISSN: 02890003     EISSN: 02890003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2108/zsj.28.453     Document Type: Article

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