Revision of the Micrurus frontalis complex (Serpentes: Elapidae)

Herpetological Monographs

Volumn , Issue 13, 1999, Pages 142-194

  Jorge Da Silva Jr , Nelson ^a   Sites Jr , Jack W ^b  

^a PONTIFÍCIA UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA DE GOIÁS   (Brazil)

^b BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Elapidae; Micrurus; Morphological variation; Serpentes; Species status

Indexed keywords

ELAPIDAE; MICRURUS; MICRURUS ALTIROSTRIS; MICRURUS BALIOCORYPHUS; MICRURUS BRASILIENSIS; MICRURUS FRONTALIS; MICRURUS PYRRHOCRYPTUS; SERPENTES; UMA;

EID: 0000930136     PISSN: 07331347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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