On the status of the snake genera Erythrolamprus Boie, Liophis Wagler and Lygophis Fitzinger (Serpentes, Xenodontinae)

Zootaxa

Volumn , Issue 2173, 2009, Pages 66-68

  Curcio, Felipe F ^a   Piacentini, Vítor De Q ^a   Fernandes, Daniel S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ERYTHROLAMPRUS; LIOPHIS; SERPENTES; XENODONTINAE;

EID: 68349150340     PISSN: 11755326     EISSN: 11755334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2173.1.7     Document Type: Article

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