ANewReedSnake of the Genus Calamaria Boie (Squamata: Colubridae) from Vietnam

Current Herpetology

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 71-80

  Ziegler, Thomas ^a   Sang, Nguyen Van ^b   Truong, Nguyen Quang ^c  

^a EAZA Felid TAG Chair   (Germany)

^b GRADUATE UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Viet Nam)

^c ZOOLOGISCHES FORSCHUNGSMUSEUM ALEXANDER KOENIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Calamaria; Gia Lai Province; Serpentes; Taxonomy; Vietnam

Indexed keywords

EID: 69149106968     PISSN: 13455834     EISSN: 18811019     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5358/hsj.27.71     Document Type: Article

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