Molecular phylogeny of Tornier's cat snake (Crotaphopeltis tornieri), endemic to East African mountain forests: Biogeography, vicariance events and problematic species boundaries

Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 46-56

  Gravlund, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Biogeography; Cytochrome B; Eastern Arc; Evolutionarily significant units; Makambako Gap; Maximum likelihood; Mount Rungwe; NADH2; Parsimony analysis; Pseudogenes; Vicariance event

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHY; GENETIC VARIATION; PHYLOGENY; SNAKE; VICARIANCE;

AFRICA;

AMPHIBIA; ANDROPADUS; ANDROPADUS MASUKUENSIS; AVES; CROTAPHOPELTIS; CROTAPHOPELTIS HOTAMBOEIA; CROTAPHOPELTIS TORNIERI; DIPSADOBOA; FELIS CATUS; REPTILIA; SERPENTES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0036207726     PISSN: 09475745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1439-0469.2002.00175.x     Document Type: Article

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