A new species of Gongylosoma (Squamata: Colubridae) from Pulau Tioman, west Malaysia

Herpetologica

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 565-572

  Grismer, L Lee ^a   Das, Indraneil ^b   Leong, Tzi Ming ^c  

^a LA SIERRA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITI MALAYSIA SARAWAK   (Malaysia)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Biogeography; Gongylosoma; Liopeltis; Malaysia; Pulau Tioman

Indexed keywords

LIZARD; NEW SPECIES; TAXONOMY;

ASIA; EURASIA; MALAYSIA; PAHANG; SOUTHEAST ASIA; WEST MALAYSIA;

AMPHIBIA; COLUBRIDAE; GONGYLOSOMA; GONGYLOSOMA LONGICAUDA; GONGYLOSOMA NICOBARIENSE; REPTILIA; SERPENTES; SQUAMATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0345357919     PISSN: 00180831     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1655/02-38     Document Type: Article

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