A review of the southern African ‘non-spitting’ cobras (serpentes: Elapidae: Naja)

Journal of the Herpetological Association of Africa

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 101-122

  Broadley, Donald G ^a,b   Wüster, Wolfgang ^c  

^a NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

^b Biodiversity Foundation for Africa   (Zimbabwe)

^c BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Africa; Multivariate morphometrics; Naja; Phylogeny; Taxonomy; Zoogeography

Indexed keywords

EID: 34248670644     PISSN: 04416651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/21564574.2004.9635504     Document Type: Review

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