A new species of the snake genus Amphiesma (Serpentes: Colubridae: Natricinae) from western Sumatra, Indonesia

Raffles Bulletin of Zoology

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 413-419

  David, Patrick ^a   Das, Indraneil ^b  

^a MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITI MALAYSIA SARAWAK   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Amphiesma; Amphiesma kerinciense new species; Indonesia; Serpentes; Sumatra

Indexed keywords

AMPHIESMA; COLUBRIDAE; NATRICINAE; SERPENTES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 1642325210     PISSN: 02172445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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