Ecuadorian, Peruvian, and Bolivian snakes of the Liophis taeniurus complex with descriptions of two new species

Copeia

Volumn , Issue 2, 2000, Pages 482-490

  Dixon, James R ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SNAKE; TAXONOMY;

SOUTH AMERICA;

AMPHIBIA; LIOPHIS; LIOPHIS TAENIURUS; REPTILIA; SERPENTES;

EID: 0034621510     PISSN: 00458511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1643/0045-8511(2000)000[0482:EPABSO]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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