Taxonomic reassessment of two subspecies of Chinese skink in Taiwan based on morphological and molecular investigations (Squamata, Scincidae)

The Chinese skink, Plestiodon chinensis (Gray, 1838), is widely distributed across continental China, Taiwan, the Korean Peninsula, and offshore islets, and consists of several subspecies. Here morphological and molecular methods have been used to reassess the taxonomic status and...

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Main Authors: Kazuki Kurita, Yukiko Nakamura, Taku Okamoto, Si-Min Lin, Tsutomu Hikida
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Pensoft Publishers 2017-08-01
Series:ZooKeys
Online Access:https://zookeys.pensoft.net/articles.php?id=12742