Hemipenial morphology of five Asian pitvipers, with a discussion on their taxonomy

Amphibia Reptilia

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 19-23

  Guo, Peng ^a,b   Lu, Shunqing ^c   Huang, Song ^a   Zhao, Hui ^c   Zhao, Ermi ^a  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b YIBIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c CHENGDU INSTITUTE OF BIOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; MORPHOLOGY; SNAKE; TAXONOMY;

OVOPHIS; OVOPHIS MONTICOLA; PROTOBOTHROPS JERDONII; PROTOBOTHROPS MUCROSQUAMATUS; VIRIDOVIPERA; VIRIDOVIPERA STEJNEGERI;

EID: 34047135818     PISSN: 01735373     EISSN: 15685381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156853806776052047     Document Type: Article

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