Geographic variation and taxonomy of the sand snakes, Chilomeniscus (Squamata: Colubridae)

Herpetologica

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 18-31

  Grismer, L Lee ^a   Wong, Humberto ^a   Galina Tessaro, Patricia ^a  

^a LA SIERRA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Baja California; Chilomeniscus cinctus; Chilomeniscus punctatissimus; Chilomeniscus savagei; Chilomeniscus stramineus; Geographic variation; Pattern class; Sand snakes; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

SNAKE; SPATIAL VARIATION; TAXONOMY;

ARIZONA; MEXICO; UNITED STATES;

AMPHIBIA; CHILOMENISCUS; CHILOMENISCUS CINCTUS; CHILOMENISCUS PUNCTATISSIMUS; CHILOMENISCUS SAVAGEI; CHILOMENISCUS STRAMINEUS; COLUBRIDAE; REPTILIA; SERPENTES; SQUAMATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0036197240     PISSN: 00180831     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1655/0018-0831(2002)058[0018:GVATOT]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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