Cerrophidion godmani in Costa Rica: A case of extremely low allozyme variation?

Journal of Herpetology

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 569-572

  Sasa, Mahmood ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICA   (Costa Rica)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CERROPHIDION GODMANI;

EID: 0031440656     PISSN: 00221511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1565611     Document Type: Article

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