The status of Mexican and southwestern United States blind snakes allied with Leptotyphlops dulcis (Serpentes: Leptotyphlopidae)

Texas Journal of Science

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 3-24

  Dixon, James R ^a   Vaughan, R Kathryn ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEPTOTYPHLOPIDAE; LEPTOTYPHLOPS; LEPTOTYPHLOPS DULCIS; LEPTOTYPHLOPS DULCIS DISSECTUS; LEPTOTYPHLOPS DULCIS DULCIS; SERPENTES; TYPHLOPIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0037301710     PISSN: 00404403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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