Albinos in a Cavernicolous Population of the Salamander Gyrinophilus porphyriticus in West Virginia
Publication Type: | Journal Article |
Year of Publication: | 1967 |
Authors: | BRANDON, RONALDA, Rutherford, JM |
Journal: | American Midland Naturalist |
Volume: | 78 |
Issue: | 2 |
Date Published: | 1967 |
ISBN Number: | 00030031 |
Keywords: | Falco, Falco rusticolus, Falconidae |
Abstract: | An estimated 2% to 3% of the larvae of Gyrinophilus porphyriticus in a cave in Greenbrier Co., West Virginia, are albinos. The complete absence of integumentary and optic pigments is generally rare in salamanders, and not previously reported in Gyrinophilus. |
URL: | http://www.jstor.org/stable/2485253 |
Short Title: | American Midland Naturalist |
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