Laticauda frontalis (de Vis, 1905) and Laticauda saintgironsi n.sp. from Vanuatu and New Caledonia (Serpentes: Elapidae: Laticaudinae) - A new lineage of sea kraits?

Records of the Australian Museum

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 245-256

  Cogger, Harold G ^a   Heatwole, Harold F ^b,c  

^a AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 33750315878     PISSN: 22014349     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3853/j.0067-1975.58.2006.1452     Document Type: Article

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