Notes on the fire-lipped keelback Rhabdophis murudensis (Smith, 1925) (Ophidia: Colubridae: Natricinae) from Northern Borneo

Raffles Bulletin of Zoology

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 227-230

  Stuebing, Robert B ^a   Lian, Tan Fui ^a  

^a FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Mt. Kinabalu; Murudensis; Natricinae; Nuchal glands; Rhabdophis; Sabah

Indexed keywords

COLUBRIDAE; NATRICINAE; RHABDOPHIS; SERPENTES;

EID: 0037199246     PISSN: 02172445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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