Morphological and molecular diversification of slender salamanders (Caudata: Plethodontidae: Batrachoseps) in the southern Sierra Nevada of California with descriptions of two new species

Zootaxa

Volumn , Issue 3190, 2012, Pages 1-30

  Jockusch, Elizabeth L ^a   Martínez Solano, Iñigo ^a,b   Hansen, Robert W ^c   Wake, David B ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIÓN EN RECURSOS CINEGÉTICOS IREC CSIC UCLM JCCM   (Spain)

^c University of California ^*  (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Allozymes; Batrachoseps altasierrae sp. nov.; Batrachoseps bramei sp. nov.; Batrachoseps relictus; Cytochrome b; Kern River Canyon; Morphometrics

Indexed keywords

BATRACHOSEPS; BATRACHOSEPS RELICTUS; CAUDATA; PLETHODONTIDAE; RELICTUS; SALAMANDROIDEA;

EID: 84856829040     PISSN: 11755326     EISSN: 11755334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3190.1.1     Document Type: Article

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