Higher-level phylogeny of Asian and American coralsnakes, their placement within the Elapidae (Squamata), and the systematic affinities of the enigmatic Asian coralsnake Hemibungarus calligaster (Wiegmann, 1834)

Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 151, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 809-831

  Castoe, Todd A ^a,b   Smith, Eric N ^c   Brown, Rafe M ^d   Parkinson, Christopher L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Calliophini; Calliophis; Elapinae; Hemibungarini; Hemipenial morphology; Micrurus; Molecular phylogeny

Indexed keywords

BUNGARUS CAERULEUS; CALLIOPHIS; COLUBROIDEA; DENDROASPIS; DENDROASPIS POLYLEPIS; ELAPIDAE; ELAPINAE; ELAPSOIDEA; HYDROPHIIDAE; MICRUROIDES; MICRURUS; NAJA NAJA; OPHIOPHAGUS; OPHIOPHAGUS HANNAH; SERPENTES; SINOMICRURUS; SQUAMATA;

EID: 36849042644     PISSN: 00244082     EISSN: 10963642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2007.00350.x     Document Type: Article

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