Systematics of platyceps brevis (boulenger 1895) and related east african racers (serpentes colubrinae)

Tropical Zoology

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 93-111

  Schatti B ^a   Charvet, C ^b  

^a Muséum d’Histoire Naturelle ^*  (Mexico)

^b Muséum d Histoire Naturelle   (United States)

Author keywords

East Africa; Morphology; P. messanai; P. somalicus; Platyceps brevis; Systematics

Indexed keywords

COLUBER; COLUBER MESSANAI; COLUBER SOMALICUS; COLUBRINAE; PLATYCEPS; PLATYCEPS BREVIS; SERPENTES; SOMALIA; ZAMENIS; ZAMENIS BOSCHISI; ZAMENIS SMITHI; ZAMENIS TRIPRAEOCULARIS;

EID: 0042569109     PISSN: 03946975     EISSN: 19709528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03946975.2003.10531186     Document Type: Article

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