An enigmatic new species of blind snake from Luzon Island, northern Philippines, with a synopsis of the genus Acutotyphlops (Serpentes: Typhlopidae)

Journal of Herpetology

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 690-702

  Wallach, V ^a   Brown, R M ^b   Diesmos, A C ^c,d   Gee, G V A ^e,f  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^c National Museum of the Philippines   (Philippines)

^d NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^e Haribon Foundation Quezon City   (Philippines)

^f NONE   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SERPENTES; TYPHLOPIDAE;

EID: 37349076572     PISSN: 00221511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1670/206-5.1     Document Type: Article

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