A new species of Atractus (Serpentes: Colubridae) from southern Brazil

Herpetologica

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 209-218

  Passos, Paulo ^a   Fernandes, Ronaldo ^a   Zanella, Noeli ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PASSO FUNDO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Atractus thalesdelemai new species; Dipsadinae; Southern Brazil; Systematics; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; GRASSLAND; MORPHOLOGY; MORPHOMETRY; NEW SPECIES; TAXONOMY;

BRAZIL; RIO GRANDE DO SUL; SOUTH AMERICA;

ATRACTUS; COLUBRIDAE; DIPSADINAE; SERPENTES;

EID: 33748208816     PISSN: 00180831     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1655/03-91     Document Type: Article

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