Heavily exploited but poorly known: Systematics and biogeography of commercially harvested pythons (Python curtus group) in Southeast Asia

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 113-129

  Keogh, Scott J ^a,b   Barker, David G ^c   Shine, Richard ^d  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b SOUTH AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

^c Vida Preciosa International Inc   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biogeography; Borneo; Cytochrome b; Kalimantan; Malaysia; Molecular phylogenetics; Snake; Sumatra; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; CYTOCHROME B; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETIC DIVERGENCE; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; LEATHER INDUSTRY; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; MONOPHYLY; PHYLOGENY; SOUTHEAST ASIA; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION;

PYTHON BREITENSTEINI; PYTHON BRONGERSMAI; PYTHON CURTUS; PYTHON RETICULATUS;

EID: 0034952482     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/bijl.2001.0529     Document Type: Article

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