A new montane rattlesnake (Viperidae) from Michoacán, Mexico

Herpetologica

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 281-286

  Alvarado Díaz, Javier ^a   Campbell, Jonathan A ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD MICHOACANA DE SAN NICOLÁS DE HIDALGO   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerro Tanc taro; Crotalus tancitarensis; Mexico; Michoac n; New species; Reptilia; Serpentes; Squamata; Viperidae

Indexed keywords

ELEVATION; NEW SPECIES; SNAKE;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; MICHOACAN; NORTH AMERICA;

AMPHIBIA; CROTALUS; CROTALUS INTERMEDIUS; CROTALUS PRICEI; CROTALUS TRANSVERSUS; REPTILIA; SERPENTES; SQUAMATA; VERTEBRATA; VIPERIDAE;

EID: 2442641868     PISSN: 00180831     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1655/03-40     Document Type: Article

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