New evidence on the phylogenetic position of the poorly known Asian pitviper Protobothrops kaulbacki (Serpentes: Viperidae: Crotalinae) with a redescription of the species and a revision of the genus Protobothrops

Herpetological Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 237-246

  Guo, Peng ^a   Malhotra, Anita ^b   Li, Pi P ^c   Pook, Catharine E ^b   Creer, Simon ^b  

^a YIBIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c SHENYANG NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Hemipenis; Molecular systematics; Morphology; Natural history; Triceratolepidophis; Zhaoermia

Indexed keywords

CROTALINAE; PROTOBOTHROPS; PROTOBOTHROPS JERDONII; SERPENTES; TRICERATOLEPIDOPHIS; TRICERATOLEPIDOPHIS SIEVERSORUM; VIPERIDAE; ZHAOERMIA;

EID: 46749100189     PISSN: 02680130     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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