Reexamination of an anomalous distribution: Resurrection of Ramphotyphlops becki (Serpentes: Typhlopidae)

Pacific Science

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 70-74

  Shea, Glenn M ^a   Wallach, Van ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b 4 Potter Park ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SNAKE; TAXONOMY;

SOLOMON ISLANDS;

RAMPHOTYPHLOPS BECKI;

EID: 0034005326     PISSN: 00308870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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