Reassessment of the validity and diagnosis of the pitviper Trimeresurus venustus Vogel, 1991

Herpetological Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 21-33

  Malhotra, Anita ^a   Thorpe, Roger S ^a  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Crotalinae; Systematics; Thailand; Trimeresurus kanburiensis; Viperidae

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; CROTALINAE; REPTILIA; SERPENTES; TRIMERESURUS; TRIMERESURUS KANBURIENSIS; TRIMERESURUS MACROPS; TRIMERESURUS VENUSTUS; VERTEBRATA; VIPERIDAE;

EID: 3843092615     PISSN: 02680130     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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