A review of the genus Atheris cope (Serpentes: Viperidae), with the description of a new species from Uganda

Herpetological Journal

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 117-135

  Broadley, Donald G ^a,b  

^a NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

^b Biodiversity Foundation for Africa   (Zimbabwe)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATHERIS ACUMINATA; ATHERIS ANISOLEPSIS; ATHERIS COPE; ATHERIS RUNGWEENSIS;

EID: 0031684770     PISSN: 02680130     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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