Redescription of a rare Malagasy blind snake, Typhlops grandidieri mocquard, with placement in a new genus (Serpentes: Typhlopidae)

Journal of Herpetology

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 367-376

  Wallach, V ^a,b   Ineich, Ivan ^c  

^a NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Laboratoire de Zoologie ^*  (United States)

^c MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEPTOTYPHLOPIDAE; RHINOLEPTUS KONIAGUI; RHINOTYPHLOPS; SERPENTES; TYPHLOPIDAE; TYPHLOPS; TYPHLOPS GRANDIDIERI;

EID: 0030425739     PISSN: 00221511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1565174     Document Type: Article

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