A taxonomic review of the Corallus hortulanus complex of neotropical tree boas

Caribbean Journal of Science

Volumn 33, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 198-221

  Henderson, Robert W ^a  

^a MILWAUKEE PUBLIC MUSEUM   (United States)

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