Geographical variation in the morphology of four snake species from the Lesser Sunda islands, eastern Indonesia

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 439-456

  How, R A ^a   Schmitt, L H ^b   Suyanto, A ^c  

^a WESTERN AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c Museum Zoologicum Bogoriense   (Indonesia)

Author keywords

biogeography; consensus tree; Elaphe; intraspecific variation; isolation; Lycodon; multivariate morphology; Pleistocene; Psammodynastes; Trimeresurus

Indexed keywords

COELOGNATHUS SUBRADIATUS; COLUBRIDAE; DENDRELAPHIS PICTUS; ELAPHE; LYCODON; PSAMMODYNASTES; PSAMMODYNASTES PULVERULENTUS; SERPENTES; TRIMERESURUS; TRIMERESURUS ALBOLABRIS; VIPER;

EID: 0030458951     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/bijl.1996.0074     Document Type: Article

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