Phylogeny of Cerberus (Serpentes: Homalopsinae) and phylogeography of Cerberus rynchops: Diversification of a coastal marine snake in Southeast Asia

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 31, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1277-1292

  Alfaro, Michael E ^a,c,f   Karns, Daryl R ^b,c   Voris, Harold K ^c   Abernathy, Emily ^b,d,g   Sellins, Stacey L ^b,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b HANOVER COLLEGE   (United States)

^c FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

^d INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e MIDWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Asian water snake; Cerberus rynchops; Homalopsinae; Mangroves; mtDNA; Phylogeography; Southeast asia

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTION; PHYLOGENY; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; PLATE TECTONICS; SNAKE;

ANDAMANS; ANDAMANS AND NICOBARS; ASIA; AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; BORNEO; EURASIA; GREATER SUNDA ISLANDS; INDIA; INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS; MALAY ARCHIPELAGO; MYANMAR; PHILIPPINES; SINGAPORE [SOUTHEAST ASIA]; SOUTH ASIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; SRI LANKA; SULAWESI; SUMATRA; SUNDA ISLES; THAILAND; VIET NAM;

CERBERUS; CERBERUS RYNCHOPS; ENHYDRIS; ENHYDRIS ENHYDRIS; ENHYDRIS PLUMBEA; GABAZA; HOMALOPSINAE; HOMALOPSIS BUCCATA; HYDROIDES; MICROLEPIS; NERODIA; RHIZOPHORACEAE; RYNCHOPS; SERPENTES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 3543063591     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2004.01114.x     Document Type: Article

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