A rhapsody of colours from Madagascar: Discovery of a remarkable new snake of the genus Liophidium and its phylogenetic relationships

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Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-10

  Visites, David R ^a   Ratsoavina, Fanomezana M ^b,c   Randrianiaina, Roger Daniel ^b,c   Nagy, Zoltán T ^d   Glaw, Frank ^e   Vences, Miguel ^c  

^a MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTANANARIVO   (Madagascar)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

^d ROYAL BELGIAN INSTITUTE OF NATURAL SCIENCES   (Belgium)

^e ZOOLOGISCHE STAATSSAMMLUNG MÜNCHEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Lamprophiidae; Liophidium pattoni sp. N; Madagascar; Molecular relationships; Serpentes; Squamata

Indexed keywords

LIOPHIDIUM; LIOPHIDIUM TORQUATUM; MASOALA; PSEUDOXYRHOPHIINAE; SERPENTES; SQUAMATA; STENOPHIS;

EID: 77449088905     PISSN: 00363375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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