Systematics of the Bothrops Atrox complex (Reptilia: Serpentes: Viperidae) in Brazil: A multivariate analysis

Herpetologica

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 263-271

  Wüster, Wolfgang ^a   Thorpe, Roger S ^a   Puorto, Giuseppe ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WALES   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTO BUTANTAN   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Bothrops; Geographic variation; Hybrid zones; Multivariate analysis; Reptilia; Snakes; South America; Systematics; Viperidae

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000168005     PISSN: 00180831     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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