Morphological variation in the lancehead pitviper Bothrops asper (Garman) (Serpentes: Viperidae) from Middle America

Revista de Biologia Tropical

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 259-271

  Sasa, Mahmood ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICA   (Costa Rica)

^b Organization for Tropical Studies Costa Rica   (Costa Rica)

Author keywords

Bothrops asper; Costa Rica; Middle America; Pit viper; Scutellation

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CENTRAL AMERICA; CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; MALE; MOLTING; SKIN PIGMENTATION; SNAKE; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BOTHROPS; CENTRAL AMERICA; FEMALE; LATIN AMERICA; MALE; MOLTING; SKIN PIGMENTATION;

EID: 0036490967     PISSN: 00347744     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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