A new species of Dendrelaphis (serpentes: colubridae) from Java, Indonesia

Raffles Bulletin of Zoology

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 189-197

  Van Rooijen, Johan ^a   Vogel, Gernot ^b  

^a Society for Southeast Asian Herpetology ^*  (Netherlands)

^b Society for Southeast Asian Herpetology   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dendrelaphis cyanochloris; Dendrelaphis formosus; Dendrelaphis humayuni; Dendrelaphis kopsteini; Dendrelaphis pictus; Dendrelaphis underwoodi; Indonesia: Java; New species

Indexed keywords

COLUBRIDAE; DENDRELAPHIS; DENDRELAPHIS PICTUS; SERPENTES;

EID: 49749110489     PISSN: None     EISSN: 02172445     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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