Taxonomic revision of the genus gongylophis wagler 1830: G. colubrinus (L. 1758) (Serpentes Boidae)

Tropical Zoology

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 1-17

  Tokar, Anatoly A ^a  

^a SCHMALHAUSEN INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (Ukraine)

Author keywords

Africa; Gongylophis; Multivariate models; Reptilia; Serpentes; Systematics

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030534361     PISSN: 03946975     EISSN: 19709528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03946975.1996.10539299     Document Type: Article

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