Morphological variation in Thermophis Malnate (Serpentes: Colubridae), with an expanded description of T. zhaoermii

Zootaxa

Volumn , Issue 1973, 2009, Pages 51-60

  Guo, Peng ^a   Liu, Shao Ying ^b   Huang, Song ^c   He, Miao ^d   Sun, Zhi Yu ^b   Feng, Jin Chao ^e   Zhao, Er Mi ^d,e,f  

^a YIBIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Sichuan Academy of Forestry   (China)

^c HUANGSHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e MINZU UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

^f CHENGDU INSTITUTE OF BIOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

China; Morphology; Snakes; Systematics; Thermophis

Indexed keywords

COLUBRIDAE; SERPENTES;

EID: 63849120089     PISSN: 11755326     EISSN: 11755334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1973.1.4     Document Type: Review

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