Description of a new species of Xenopholis (Serpentes: Colubridae) from the cerrado of bolivia, with comments on xenopholis scalaris in Bolivia

Zootaxa

Volumn , Issue 2222, 2009, Pages 31-45

  Jansen, Martin ^a,b   Álvarez, Lucindo Gonzales ^c   KÖhler, Gunther ^a  

^a SENCKENBERG RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^b GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c Museo Noel Kempff Mercado   (Bolivia)

Author keywords

Chiquitano region; Department of santa cruz; Reptilia; San sebasti n; Snakes; Squamata; Xenopholis werdingorum sp. nov

Indexed keywords

COLUBRIDAE; REPTILIA; SERPENTES; SQUAMATA;

EID: 70249135317     PISSN: 11755326     EISSN: 11755334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2222.1.3     Document Type: Article

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