Redescription and validation of Bothriechis supraciliaris (Serpentes: Viperidae)

Revista de Biologia Tropical

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 453-462

  Solórzano, Alejandro ^a   Gómez, Luis D ^b   Monge Nájera, Julián ^c,d   Crother, Brian I ^e  

^a Sepentario Nacional   (Costa Rica)

^b Organizacion para Estud Tropicales   (Costa Rica)

^c UNIVERSIDAD ESTATAL A DISTANCIA   (Costa Rica)

^d UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICA   (Costa Rica)

^e SE Louisiana University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Bothriechis; Costa Rica; New species; Pitvipers; Pleistocene refugia; Serpentes; Taxonomy; Viperidae

Indexed keywords

EID: 0008653365     PISSN: 00347744     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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