Phylogenetic relationships and classification of the Malagasy pseudoxyrhophiine snake genera Geodipsas and Compsophis based on morphological and molecular data

Zootaxa

Volumn , Issue 1517, 2007, Pages 53-62

  Glaw, Frank ^a   Nagy, Zoltán T ^b   Vences, Miguel ^c  

^a Zoologische Staatssammlung   (Germany)

^b ROYAL BELGIAN INSTITUTE OF NATURAL SCIENCES   (Belgium)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Compsophis; Compsophis albiventris; Compsophis boulengeri comb. nov.; Compsophis fatsibe comb. nov.; Compsophis infralineatus comb. nov.; Compsophis laphystius comb. nov.; Geodipsas syn. nov.; Squamata, serpentes, lamprophiidae, pseudoxyrhophiinae

Indexed keywords

COMPSOPHIS; COMPSOPHIS ALBIVENTRIS; GEODIPSAS; PSEUDOXYRHOPHIINAE; SERPENTES; SQUAMATA;

EID: 34547321889     PISSN: 11755326     EISSN: 11755334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1517.1.2     Document Type: Article

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