A new species of Heteroliodon (Reptilia: Squamata: Colubridae) from Montagne des Français, far northern Madagascar

Herpetologica

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 275-280

  Glaw, Frank ^a   Vences, Miguel ^b   Nussbaum, Ronald A ^c  

^a Zoologische Staatssammlung   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Colubridae; Heteroliodon fohy new species; Madagascar; New species; Reptilia; Squamata; Systematics

Indexed keywords

DECIDUOUS FOREST; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; MORPHOLOGY; MORPHOMETRY; NEW SPECIES; SNAKE; TAXONOMY;

ANTSIRANANA; INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS; MADAGASCAR; MONTAGNE DES FRANCAIS;

COLUBRIDAE; HETEROLIODON; REPTILIA; SQUAMATA;

EID: 33751558587     PISSN: 00180831     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1655/01-101.1     Document Type: Article

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