Systematics of the Protobothrops jerdonii complex (Serpentes, Viperidae, Crotalinae) inferred from morphometric data and molecular phylogeny

Herpetological Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 85-96

  Guo, Peng ^a   Malhotra, Anita ^b   Li, Cao ^a   Creer, Simon ^b   Pook, Catharine E ^b   Wen, Tao ^a  

^a YIBIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Asian pitvipers; Morphometric trait analysis; P. xiangchengensis; Protobothrops jerdonii; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

CROTALINAE; PROTOBOTHROPS; PROTOBOTHROPS JERDONII; SERPENTES; VIPERIDAE;

EID: 70350154988     PISSN: 02680130     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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