A new species of Dipsas (Squamata: Colubridae) from Guyana

Revista de Biologia Tropical

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 239-247

  MacCulloch, Ross D ^a   Lathrop, Amy ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Colubridae; Dipsas; Guyana; New species; Pakaraima mountains; Tepuis

Indexed keywords

COLUBRIDAE; DIPSAS; SERPENTES; SQUAMATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 5344259019     PISSN: 00347744     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15517/rbt.v52i1.14916     Document Type: Article

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