A new species of large Tantilla (Squamata: Colubridae) from the Sierra Madre Oriental of Puebla, Mexico

Herpetologica

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 492-497

  Canseco Márquez, Luis ^a   Mendelson III, Joseph R ^a   Gutiérrez Mayén, Guadalupe ^a  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Colubridae; Mexico; New species; Puebla; Tantilla robusta

Indexed keywords

NEW SPECIES;

COLUBRIDAE; SERPENTES; SQUAMATA; TANTILLA; TANTILLA SCHISTOSA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0036883610     PISSN: 00180831     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1655/0018-0831(2002)058[0492:ANSOLT]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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