Synopsis of recent developments in venomous snake systematics

Toxicon

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 319-340

  Wüster, Wolfgang ^a   Golay, Philippe ^b   Warrell, David A ^c  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Fondation Culturelle Elapsoidea   (Switzerland)

^c JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VENOM;

NOMENCLATURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SNAKE; TAXONOMY;

ANIMALS; SNAKES;

AGKISTRODON; ANIMALIA; BOTHROPS; DABOIA; DABOIA RUSSELII; ECHIS; GLOYDIUS; NAJA; SERPENTES; TRIMERESURUS; VIPERA;

EID: 0031106891     PISSN: 00410101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0041-0101(96)00152-3     Document Type: Review

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