Nomenclatural status of the Malagasy snake genus Bibilava Glaw, Nagy, Franzen, and Vences, 2007: Resurrection of Thamnosophis Jan and designation of a lectotype for Leptophis lateralis Duméril, Bibron, and Duméril (Serpentes: Colubridae)

Herpetological Review

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 285-288

  Cadle, John E ^a   Ineich, Ivan ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (United States)

^b MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLUBRIDAE; MASTICOPHIS LATERALIS; SERPENTES;

EID: 52249083673     PISSN: 0018084X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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