New data for the rare horned bush-viper, Atheris ceratophora, WERNER,1895

Zoosystematics and Evolution

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 131-151

  Emmrich, Dietmar ^a  

^a NONE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Atheris cerutophoru; Distribution; Ethology; Morphology; Reptilia; Serpentes; Tanzania; Taxonomy; Viperidae

Indexed keywords

EID: 15644370180     PISSN: 14351935     EISSN: 18600743     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mmnz.19970730115     Document Type: Article

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