Italian subspecies of the asp viper, vipera aspis: Patterns of variability and distribution

Italian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 87-95

  Zuffi, Marco A L ^a   Bonnet, Xavier ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Biometry; Distribution; Italian subspecies; Variability; Vipera aspis

Indexed keywords

BIOMETRY; SNAKE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SUBSPECIES;

ITALY;

VIPERA ASPIS;

EID: 0032828397     PISSN: 11250003     EISSN: 17485851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/11250009909356242     Document Type: Article

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