Leptotyphylops greenwelli, a new wormsnake of the L. Bicolor species group from Nigeria (Serpentes: Leptotyphlopidae)

Annals of Carnegie Museum

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 39-44

  Wallach, V ^a   Boundy, Jeff ^b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Africa; L. bicolor; L. broadleyi; L. sundewalli; Leptotyphlops; Leptotyphlops greenwelli; Nigeria

Indexed keywords

SNAKE;

AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; NIGERIA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA; WORLD;

LEPTOTYPHLOPIDAE; LEPTOTYPHLOPS; SERPENTES;

EID: 21044438323     PISSN: 00974463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2992/0097-4463(2005)74[39:LGANWO]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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