The reptiles of southeast katanga, an overlooked ‘hot spot’

Journal of the Herpetological Association of Africa

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 35-61

  Broadley, Donald G ^a,b   Cotterill, F P D ^a,c  

^a NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

^b Biodiversity Foundation for Africa   (Zimbabwe)

^c STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Katanga; Kundelungu; Reptiles; Taxonomy; Upemba; Zoogeography

Indexed keywords

EID: 13744260206     PISSN: 04416651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/21564574.2004.9635497     Document Type: Article

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