Phylogenetic relationships of colubroid snakes based on mitochondrial DNA sequences

Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 122, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 455-487

  Kraus, Fred ^a   Brown, Wesley M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Colubridae; Elapidae; Stematics; Venomous snakes; Viperidae

Indexed keywords

EID: 21944450300     PISSN: 00244082     EISSN: 10963642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.1998.tb02159.x     Document Type: Article

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