Reduced genetic variation in the Japanese giant salamander, Andrias japonicus (Amphibia: Caudata)

M. Matsui, A. Tominaga, W.-Z. Liu, and T. Tanaka-Ueno

2008

Article

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 49(1):318-326

Find it at:

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2008.07.020

Taxa discussed in this work:

• Andrias davidianus
• Andrias japonicus

Taxonomy:

• Cryptobranchus belongs to Cryptobranchidae - Matsui et al. (2008)
• Andrias belongs to Cryptobranchidae - Matsui et al. (2008)
• Cryptobranchus alleganiensis belongs to Cryptobranchus - Matsui et al. (2008)
• Andrias japonicus belongs to Andrias - Matsui et al. (2008)
• Andrias davidianus belongs to Andrias - Matsui et al. (2008)