The Australian elapid genus Cacophis: Morphology and phylogeny of rainforest crowned snakes

Herpetological Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 1-20

  Scanlon, John D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b SOUTH AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Colour patterns; Head scales; Hydrophiinae; Morphology; Phylogeography; Skull

Indexed keywords

ASPIDOMORPHUS; DEMANSIA; ELAPIDAE; HYDROPHIINAE; SERPENTES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0041695773     PISSN: 02680130     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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