Phylogeny, taxonomy, and biogeography of the oriental pitvipers of the genus Trimeresurus (Reptilia: Viperidae: Crotalinae): A molecular perspective

Zoological Science

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 1147-1154

  Tu, Ming Chung ^a   Wang, Hurng Yi ^a   Tsai, Mung Pei ^b   Toda, Mamoru ^c   Lee, Wen Jen ^a   Zhang, Fu Ji ^d   Ota, Hidetoshi ^e  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b ACADEMIA SINICA   (Taiwan)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d CHENGDU INSTITUTE OF BIOLOGY   (China)

^e UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CROTALINAE; ERMIA; MONTICOLA; REPTILIA; RYUKYU; SERPENTES; TRIMERESURUS; TRIMERESURUS ELEGANS; TRIMERESURUS FLAVOVIRIDIS; TRIMERESURUS GRACILIS; TRIMERESURUS JERDONII; TRIMERESURUS MONTICOLA; TRIMERESURUS TOKARENSIS; VIPERIDAE;

EID: 0034310266     PISSN: 02890003     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2108/zsj.17.1147     Document Type: Article

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