The current and historic distribution of Tomistoma schlegelii (the False Gharial) (Müller, 1838) (Crocodylia, Reptilia)

Raffles Bulletin of Zoology

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 181-197

  Stuebing, Robert B ^a   Bezuijen, Mark R ^b   Auliya, Mark ^c   Voris, Harold K ^a  

^a FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

^b Museum Alexander Koenig ^*  (Australia)

^c ZOOLOGISCHES FORSCHUNGSMUSEUM ALEXANDER KOENIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Crocodilian; False gharial; Peat swamp; Tomistoma

Indexed keywords

CROCODYLIDAE (ALL CROCODILES); REPTILIA; TOMISTOMA; TOMISTOMA SCHLEGELII;

EID: 49849092531     PISSN: None     EISSN: 02172445     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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