A long overlooked holotype: Taxonomic notes on lycodon tessellatus jan 1863 (squamata colubridae), with a revised key to philippine species of the genus

Tropical Zoology

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 299-304

  Ota, Hidetoshi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

Author keywords

Colubridae; Diagnostic characters; Holotype; Lycodon tessellatus; Philippines; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

COLUBRIDAE; LYCODON; SERPENTES; SQUAMATA;

EID: 0040357554     PISSN: 03946975     EISSN: 19709528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03946975.2000.10531137     Document Type: Article

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