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The desert tortoise trichotomy: Mexico hosts a third, new sister-species of tortoise in the Gopherus morafkai–G. agassizii group
Abstract. Desert tortoises (Testudines; Testudinidae; Gopherus agassizii group) have an extensive distribution throughout the Mojave, Colorado, and Sonoran desert regions. Not surprisingly, they exhibit a tremendous amount of ecological, behavioral, morphological and genetic variation. Gopherus agas...
Autores principales: | Edwards, Taylor, Karl, Alice E., Vaughn, Mercy, Rosen, Philip C., Torres, Cristina Meléndez, Murphy, Robert W. |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Pensoft Publishers
2016
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4768471/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27006625 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.562.6124 |
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