New snake (Tropidophis) from western Cuba

Copeia

Volumn , Issue 2, 1999, Pages 376-381

  Hedges, S Blair ^a   Estrada, Alberto R ^b   Diaz, Luis M ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE   (Cuba)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SERPENTES; TROPIDOPHIS; TROPIDOPHIS MACULATUS;

EID: 0345552157     PISSN: 00458511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1447483     Document Type: Article

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