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Comparative osteology and evolution of the lungless salamanders, family Plethodontidae

Year: 1966

Type: book

Abstract: Lungless salamanders of the family Plethodontidae comprise the largest and most diverse group of tailed amphibians. An evolutionaryThe final derivative, the tribe Plethodontini, probably differentiated in early Tertiary times.The group has extended its range to western North America but still has relatively primitive representatives in Appalachia.

Source: Memoirs of the Southern California Academy of Sciences

DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.146947

Author: David B. Wake

Language: English

Topic: Comparative Animal Anatomy Studies

Subfield: Anatomy

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

Open Access status: hybrid

Funders: National Science Foundation, University of Southern California, University of Chicago, National Institutes of Health

OpenAlex ID: W2027085281

FWCI: 3.848

Cites: 79

Cited by: 426

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