Systematic revision of the genus Lachesis Daudin, 1803 (Serpentes, Viperidae)

Herpetologica

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 245-260

  Fernandes, Daniel S ^a   Franco, Francisco L ^b   Fernandes, Ronaldo ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO BUTANTAN   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Biogeography; Lachesis; Phylogeny; Systematics; Taxonomy; Viperidae

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; BIOGEOGRAPHY; MORPHOLOGY; PHYLOGENETICS; TAXONOMY;

CENTRAL AMERICA; SOUTH AMERICA;

AMPHIBIA; LACHESIS; LACHESIS MELANOCEPHALA; LACHESIS MUTA; LACHESIS STENOPHRYS; REPTILIA; SERPENTES; VIPERIDAE;

EID: 2442623451     PISSN: 00180831     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1655/02-85     Document Type: Article

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