Geographic variation in sea kraits of the Laticauda colubrina complex (Serpentes: Elapidae: Hydrophiinae: Laticaudini)

Herpetological Monographs

Volumn , Issue 19, 2005, Pages 1-136

  Heatwole, Harold ^a,b   Busack, Stephen ^c   Cogger, Harold ^d  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c NORTH CAROLINA MUSEUM OF NATURAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^d AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

Author keywords

Color pattern; Dispersal; Distribution; Geographic variation; Laticauda; Sea kraits; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

COLUBRINA; ELAPIDAE; HYDROPHIIDAE; LATICAUDA; LATICAUDA COLUBRINA; SERPENTES;

EID: 33745922396     PISSN: 07331347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1655/0733-1347(2005)019[0001:GVISKO]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Review

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