The meadow and steppe vipers of Europe and Asia - The Vipera (Acridophaga) ursinii complex

Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae

Volumn 47, Issue 2-3, 2001, Pages 87-267

  Nilson, G ^a,b   Andren C ^b  

^a SWEDISH MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

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