Morphological variability of the Lataste's viper (Vipera latastei) and the Atlas dwarf viper (Vipera monticola): Patterns of biogeographical distribution and taxonomy

Amphibia Reptilia

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 219-240

  Brito, José C ^a   Santos, Xavier ^b,c   Pleguezuelos, Juan M ^b   Fahd, Soumia ^d   Llorente, Gustavo A ^c   Parellada, Xavier ^e  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGAÇÃO EM BIODIVERSIDADE E RECURSOS GENÉTICOS   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^d FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES   (Morocco)

^e Generalitat Catalunya   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHY; BIOMARKER; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; ISOLATED POPULATION; MORPHOLOGY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; REPTILE; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY); TAXONOMY;

AFRICA; EURASIA; EUROPE; IBERIAN PENINSULA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; STRAIT OF GIBRALTAR;

MONTICOLA; VIPERA; VIPERA AMMODYTES; VIPERA ASPIS; VIPERA LATASTEI; VIPERINAE;

EID: 33645422521     PISSN: 01735373     EISSN: 15685381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156853806777239940     Document Type: Article

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