A new species of Hydrodynastes Fitzinger, 1843 from central Brazil (Serpentes: Colubridae: Xenodontinae)

Zootaxa

Volumn , Issue 1613, 2007, Pages 57-65

  Franco, Francisco L ^a   Fernandes, Daniel S ^b   Bentim, Bruno M ^a  

^a INSTITUTO BUTANTAN   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Color pattern; Hemipenis; New species; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

COLUBRIDAE; HYDRODYNASTES; HYDRODYNASTES GIGAS; SERPENTES; XENODONTINAE;

EID: 35348938997     PISSN: 11755326     EISSN: 11755334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1613.1.4     Document Type: Article

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