A morphometric analysis of Trimeresurus vogeli (David, Vidal and Pauwels, 2001), with new data on diagnostic characteristics, distribution and natural history

Herpetological Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 65-77

  Malhotra, Anita ^a   Thorpe, Roger S ^a   Stuart, Bryan L ^b,c,d,e  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (Laos)

^c NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Green pitviper; SE Asia; Taxonomy; Viperidae

Indexed keywords

PAGRUS MAJOR; SERPENTES; TRIMERESURUS; TRIMERESURUS POPEORUM; TRIMERESURUS STEJNEGERI; TRIMERESURUS VOGELI; VERTEBRATA; VIPERIDAE;

EID: 3843072996     PISSN: 02680130     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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