Morphological and molecular evidence for phylogeny and classification of South American pitvipers, genera Bothrops, Bothriopsis, and Bothrocophias (serpentes: Viperidae)

Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 156, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 617-640

  Fenwick, Allyson M ^a,b   Gutberlet Jr, Ronald L ^b,c   Evans, Jennafer A ^a   Parkinson, Christopher L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT TYLER   (United States)

^c SALISBURY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayesian; Bothropoides; Cytochrome; Morphology; ND4; Parsimony; Rhinocerophis; Ribosomal RNA; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

BOTHRIOPSIS; BOTHROCOPHIAS; BOTHROPS; CROTALINAE; SERPENTES; VIPERIDAE;

EID: 68149178423     PISSN: 00244082     EISSN: 10963642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2008.00495.x     Document Type: Article

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