New species of Pachytriton (Caudata: Salamandridae) from the Nanling Mountain Range, southeastern China

Zootaxa

Volumn , Issue 3388, 2012, Pages 1-16

  Wu, Yunke ^a   Wang, Yuezhao ^b   Hanken, James ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CHENGDU INSTITUTE OF BIOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Chinese stout newt; Mitochondrial genealogy; Pachytriton xanthospilos sp. nov; Principal components analysis; Salamander

Indexed keywords

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

EID: 84863954582     PISSN: 11755326     EISSN: 11755334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3388.1.1     Document Type: Article

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