Two new species of pachytriton from anhui and guangxi, China (Amphibia: Urodela: Salamandridae)

Current Herpetology

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 15-31

  Nishikawa, Kanto ^a   Jiang, Jian Ping ^b   Matsui, Masafumi ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b CHENGDU INSTITUTE OF BIOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

China; Molecular phylogeny; Morphology; New species; Pachytriton

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; CAUDATA; PACHYTRITON; SALAMANDRIDAE; SALAMANDROIDEA;

EID: 80052801846     PISSN: 13455834     EISSN: 18811019     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5358/hsj.30.15     Document Type: Article

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