Observations of a grooved anterior fang in Psammodynastes pulverulentus: Does the mock viper resemble a protoelapid?

Journal of Herpetology

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 128-131

  Jackson, Kate ^a,c   Fritts, Thomas H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PSAMMODYNASTES PULVERULENTUS; VIPER;

EID: 0030436749     PISSN: 00221511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1564727     Document Type: Article

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