The identity of the Javan Krait, Bungarus javanicus Kopstein, 1932 (Squamata: Elapidae): Evidence from mitochondrial and nuclear DNA sequence analyses and morphology

Zootaxa

Volumn , Issue 1426, 2007, Pages 1-26

  Kuch, Ulrich ^a,b   Mebs, Dietrich ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL FRANKFURT   (Germany)

^b SENCKENBERG RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alpha bungarotoxin; Bali; Biogeography; Bungarus; Bungarus candidus; Bungarus javanicus; Bungarus multicinctus; Cytochrome b; Ecomorph; Elapidae; Genetic differentiation; Indonesia; Intron; Java; Mitochondrial DNA; Molecular taxonomy; Reptilia; Squamata

Indexed keywords

BUNGARUS; BUNGARUS CANDIDUS; BUNGARUS FASCIATUS; BUNGARUS MULTICINCTUS; ELAPIDAE; REPTILIA; SQUAMATA;

EID: 33947634995     PISSN: 11755326     EISSN: 11755334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1426.1.1     Document Type: Article

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