A new species of Tomodon (Serpentes: Colubridae) from high elevations in the Bolivian Andes

Herpetologica

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 364-372

  Harvey, Michael B ^a   Muñoz, Arturo ^b  

^a Broward Community College   (United States)

^b Secc de Herpetología   (Bolivia)

Author keywords

Bolivia; Mimicry; Pseudotomodon trigonatus; Systematics; Tomodon orestes new species

Indexed keywords

DENTITION; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; MIMICRY; NEW SPECIES; SNAKE; TAXONOMY;

ANDES; BOLIVIA; SOUTH AMERICA;

AMPHIBIA; BOTHROPS; BOTHROPS JONATHANI; COLUBRIDAE; PAEUDOTOMODON TRIGONATUS; REPTILIA; SERPENTES; THAMNODYNASTES; TOMODON; TOMODON OCELLATUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 4544253009     PISSN: 00180831     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1655/03-57     Document Type: Article

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