A new specics of Lycodon from the Philippines, with a key to the genus (Reptilia Serpentes Colubridae)

Tropical Zoology

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 89-104

  Lanza, Benedetto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Colubridae; Key to genus; Lycodon ferroni n. sp.; Lycodon striatus bicolor (Nikolsky 1903) = Lycodon striatus nordicus Deraniyagala 1955; New synonymy; Philippines; Samar Island

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033481654     PISSN: 03946975     EISSN: 19709528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03946975.1999.10539380     Document Type: Article

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