Phylogenetic relationships of a new species of pseudoxyrhophiine snake (Reptilia: Lamprophiidae: Thamnosophis) suggest a biogeographical link between western and northern Madagascar

Organisms Diversity and Evolution

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 13-22

  Glaw, Frank ^a   Nagy, Zoltán T ^b   Köhler, Jörn ^c   Franzen, Michael ^a   Vences, Miguel ^d  

^a ZOOLOGISCHE STAATSSAMMLUNG MÜNCHEN   (Germany)

^b ROYAL BELGIAN INSTITUTE OF NATURAL SCIENCES   (Belgium)

^c Hessisches Landesmuseum Darmstadt ^*  (Germany)

^d TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biogeography; Madagascar; New species; Pseudoxyrhophiinae; Serpentes; Thamnosophis

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHY; BIOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS; DRY FOREST; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; NEW SPECIES; PHYLOGENETICS; RAINFOREST; RELATEDNESS; SNAKE;

INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS; MADAGASCAR;

PSEUDOXYRHOPHIINAE; REPTILIA; SERPENTES;

EID: 64549128205     PISSN: 14396092     EISSN: 16181077     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ode.2008.10.004     Document Type: Article

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