Typhlops meszoelyi, a new species of blind snake from northeastern India (Serpentes: Typhlopidae)

Herpetologica

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 185-191

  Wallach, V ^a,b  

^a NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b 4 Potter Park ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Anatomy; Assam; India; Systematics; Typhlopidae; Typhlops exiguus; Typhlops loveridgei; Typhlops meszoelyi; Typhlops porrectus

Indexed keywords

TYPHLOPS EXIGUUS; TYPHLOPS LOVERIDGEI; TYPHLOPS MESZOELYI; TYPHLOPS PORRECTUS;

EID: 0032881062     PISSN: 00180831     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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