Rediscovery of the enigmatic blind snake genus Xenotyphlops in northern Madagascar, with description of a new species (Serpentes: Typhlopidae)

Zootaxa

Volumn , Issue 1402, 2007, Pages 59-68

  Wallach, Van ^a   Mercurio, Vincenzo ^b   Andreone, Franco ^c  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SENCKENBERG RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^c MUSEO REGIONALE DI SCIENZE NATURALI   (Italy)

Author keywords

"typhlopidae; Madagascar; New species; Viscera; X. Grandidieri; Xenotyphlops

Indexed keywords

SERPENTES; TYPHLOPIDAE;

EID: 33846862684     PISSN: 11755326     EISSN: 11755334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1402.4     Document Type: Article

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