Molecular systematics of new world gopher, bull, and pinesnakes (Pituophis: Colubridae), a transcontinental species complex

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 35-50

  Rodríguez Robles, Javier A ^a   De Jesús Escobar, José M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biogeography; Colubridae; Mitochondrial DNA; Phylogenetics; Pituophis; Snakes; Species boundaries; Subspecies

Indexed keywords

ENDEMIC DISEASE; NORTH AMERICA; PHYLOGENY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES;

PITUOPHIS CATENIFER; PITUOPHIS MELANOLEUCUS; PITUOPHIS RUTHVENI; PITUOPHIS VERTEBRALIS;

EID: 0343081505     PISSN: 10557903     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/mpev.1999.0698     Document Type: Article

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