A new species of Calamaria (Squamata: Colubridae) similar to C. Ceramensis de Rooij, 1913, from the Banggai Islands, east of Sulawesi, Indonesia

Zootaxa

Volumn , Issue 2196, 2009, Pages 19-30

  Koch, André ^a   Arida, Evy ^a,b   Mcguire, Jimmy A ^c   Iskandar, Djoko T ^d   Böhme, Wolfgang ^a  

^a ZOOLOGISCHES FORSCHUNGSMUSEUM ALEXANDER KOENIG   (Germany)

^b Museum Zoologicum Bogoriense   (Indonesia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d BANDUNG INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Indonesia)

Author keywords

Calamaria banggaiensis sp. nov.; Indonesia; Moluccas; Seram; Sulawesi region; Wallacea

Indexed keywords

CALAMARIA; COLUBRIDAE; GABAZA; SQUAMATA;

EID: 69149083786     PISSN: 11755326     EISSN: 11755334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2196.1.2     Document Type: Article

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