A new species of snake of the genus Omoadiphas (Reptilia: Squamata: Colubridae) from the Cordillera Nombre de Dios in northern Honduras

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Volumn 117, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 311-316

  McCranie, James R ^a   Castaneda, Franklin E ^b  

^a Universidad de Costa Rica ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICA   (Costa Rica)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NEW SPECIES; SNAKE; TAXONOMY;

CENTRAL AMERICA; HONDURAS; TEXIGUAT WILDLIFE REFUGE; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

COLUBRIDAE; REPTILIA; SERPENTES; SQUAMATA;

EID: 11344249274     PISSN: 0006324X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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