A new species of insular pitviper of the genus Cryptelytrops (Squamata: Viperidae) from southern Vietnam

Zootaxa

Volumn , Issue 1715, 2008, Pages 57-68

  Lee Grismer, L ^a   Van Tri, Ngo ^b   Grismer, Jesse L ^c  

^a LA SIERRA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL BIOLOGY   (Viet Nam)

^c VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

C. Venustus; Cryptelytrops honsonensis; Hon son; Indochina; Rach gia bay; Vietnam

Indexed keywords

CRYPTELYTROPS; CRYPTELYTROPS VENUSTUS; SQUAMATA; VIPERIDAE;

EID: 40649128297     PISSN: 11755326     EISSN: 11755334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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