African biodiversity hotspots: The reptiles of Mt Nlonako, Cameroon

Revue Suisse de Zoologie

Volumn 112, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1045-1069

  Herrmann, Hans Werner ^a,b   Böhme, Wolfgang ^c   Euskirchen, Oliver ^d   Herrmann, Patricia A ^b   Schmitz, Andreas ^e  

^a ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b Zoologisches Forschungsmuseum Alexander Koenig ^*  (Cameroon)

^c ZOOLOGISCHES FORSCHUNGSMUSEUM ALEXANDER KOENIG   (Germany)

^d NONE   (Germany)

^e MUSÉUM D HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Amphisbaenia; Biogeography; Chelonia; Conservation; Crocodylia; Endemicity; Sauria; Serpentes; Species richness

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; AMPHISBAENIA; CROCODYLIDAE (ALL CROCODILES); REPTILIA; SAURIA; SERPENTES;

EID: 30744456555     PISSN: 0035418X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5962/bhl.part.80336     Document Type: Article

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