A review of barbour's short-headed viper, adenorhinos barbouri (serpentes: Viperidae)

African Journal of Herpetology

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 69-75

  Rasmussen, Jens B ^a   Howell, Kim M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DAR ES SALAAM   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Adenorhinos barbouri; Taxonomy; Viperidae

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002991189     PISSN: 21564574     EISSN: 21533660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/21564574.1998.9650004     Document Type: Article

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