Snake origins and the need for scientific agreement on vernacular names

Paleobiology

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 1-6

  Lee, Michael S Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

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EID: 0003165596     PISSN: 00948373     EISSN: 19385331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1666/0094-8373(2001)027<0001:SOATNF>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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