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Species Delimitation Of Slimy Salamanders, Plethodon Kisatchie And Plethodon Mississippi, Across The Lower Mississippi River, Brock Hunter Stevenson
Species Delimitation Of Slimy Salamanders, Plethodon Kisatchie And Plethodon Mississippi, Across The Lower Mississippi River, Brock Hunter Stevenson
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Species are fundamental units of biodiversity yet delimiting species can be challenging. Slimy Salamanders of the Plethodon glutinosus species complex are a classic example of cryptic species for which species boundaries and relationships have proved difficult to determine. Once thought to be a single species ranging across the eastern United States, protein analysis revealed high genetic divergences among geographically distinct groups of populations, leading to 16 species being recognized within the group. Two of these species, the Louisiana Slimy Salamander (Plethodon kisatchie) and the Mississippi Slimy Salamander (Plethodon mississippi), are closely related but occur on opposite sides of the Mississippi …
H.B. Bozeman Collection, University Archives And Special Collections, Prescott Memorial Library, Louisiana Tech University
H.B. Bozeman Collection, University Archives And Special Collections, Prescott Memorial Library, Louisiana Tech University
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Specimen of petrified palm wood found by Estes B. Bozeman in 1962-63 on the southeast flank of the Sikes Salt Dome, Winn Parish, Louisiana. Palm trees grew in the Winn Parish area 30-40 million years ago during the Tertiary Period of the Cenozoic Era.
A-077 Louisiana Tech University, College Of Human Ecology Collection, 1898-1981, University Archives And Special Collections, Prescott Memorial Library, Louisiana Tech University
A-077 Louisiana Tech University, College Of Human Ecology Collection, 1898-1981, University Archives And Special Collections, Prescott Memorial Library, Louisiana Tech University
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