Systematics of the enigmatic dipsadine snake tropidodipsas perijanensis ale mán (Serpentes: Colubridae) and review of morphological characters of dipsadini

Herpetological Monographs

Volumn , Issue 22, 2008, Pages 106-132

  Harvey, Michael B ^a   Fuenmayor, Gilson Rivas ^b   Portilla, José Ranges Caicedo ^c   Rueda Almonacid, José Vicente ^d  

^a Broward Community College   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DEL ZULIA   (Venezuela)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE COLOMBIA   (Colombia)

^d Conservatión International Colombia ^*  (Colombia)

Author keywords

Dipsas perijanensis; Dipsas sanctijoannis; Lung morphology; Musculature; Osteology; Plesiodipsas new genus; Sibon; Sihynomorphus; Tropidodipsas

Indexed keywords

COLUBRIDAE; DIPSAS; SERPENTES; SIBON;

EID: 62449136969     PISSN: 07331347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1655/08-025.1     Document Type: Article

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