A multivariate approach to the systematics of Italian rat snakes of the Elaphe longissima complex (reptilia, colubridae): Revalidation of Camerano's Callopeltis longissimus var. lineata

Herpetological Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 153-162

  Lenk, Peter ^a   Wüster, Wolfgang ^b  

^a Hessisches Landesmuseum Darmstadt   (Germany)

^b BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Elaphe; Morphology; Multivariate analysis; Taxonomy; Zoogeography

Indexed keywords

CALLOPELTIS LONGISSIMUS; ELAPHE LONGISSIMA;

EID: 0342546438     PISSN: 02680130     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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