Phylogeny of Australasian venomous snakes (Colubroidea, Elapidae, Hydrophiinae) based on phenotypic and molecular evidence

Zoologica Scripta

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 335-366

  Scanlon, John D ^a   Lee, Michael S Y ^a  

^a NONE

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Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; COLUBROIDEA; ELAPIDAE; HYDROPHIINAE; LATICAUDA; REPTILIA; SERPENTES;

EID: 3042812275     PISSN: 03003256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0300-3256.2004.00151.x     Document Type: Article

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