Xenodermatid snakes in America

Herpetological Review

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 20-23

  Dowling, Herndon G ^a   Pinou, Theodora ^b  

^a Yale University ^*  (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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SERPENTES;

EID: 0041975971     PISSN: 0018084X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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