Morphology and phylogenetic relationships of the Cyprus racer, Hierophis cypriensis, and the systematic status of Coluber gemonensis gyarosensis Mertens (Reptilia: Squamata: Colubrinae)

Revue Suisse de Zoologie

Volumn 111, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 225-238

  Utiger, Urs ^a   Schätti, Beat ^b  

^a NONE   (Switzerland)

^b NONE   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Coluber gemonensis gyarosensis; Cyprus; Hierophis cypriensis; Hierophis viridiflavus; Morphology; mtDNA (COI, 12S rRNA); Phylogeny; Zoogeography

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; COLUBER; COLUBER CONSTRICTOR; COLUBER GEMONENSIS; COLUBRINAE; HIEROPHIS; HIEROPHIS CYPRIENSIS; HIEROPHIS GEMONENSIS; HIEROPHIS VIRIDIFLAVUS; MACROVIPERA; MACROVIPERA SCHWEIZERI; REPTILIA; SERPENTES; SQUAMATA;

EID: 1842865752     PISSN: 0035418X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5962/bhl.part.80236     Document Type: Article

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