Discovery of the first Asian plethodontid salamander

Min, M. S. ; Yang, S. Y. ; Bonett, R. M. ; Vieites, D. R. ; Brandon, R. A. ; Wake, D. B.

[s.l.] : Macmillian Magazines Ltd.
Published 2005
ISSN:
1476-4687
Source:
Nature Archives 1869 - 2009
Topics:
Biology
Chemistry and Pharmacology
Medicine
Natural Sciences in General
Physics
Notes:
[Auszug] Nearly 70% of the 535 species of salamanders in the world are members of a single family, the Plethodontidae, or lungless salamanders. The centre of diversity for this clade is North and Middle America, where the vast majority (99%) of species are found. We report the discovery of the ...
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