Recent advances in phylogeny and taxonomy of Near and Middle Eastern Vipers - An update

ZooKeys

Volumn 31, Issue SPEC. ISSUE 6, 2009, Pages 179-191

  Stümpel, Nikolaus ^a   Joger, Ulrich ^a  

^a State Natural History Museum   (Germany)

Author keywords

Near and middle east; Phylogeny; Taxonomy; Viperidae

Indexed keywords

DABOIA; ECHIS; ECHIS CARINATUS; MACROVIPERA; MACROVIPERA LEBETINA; MACROVIPERA SCHWEIZERI; VIPERA; VIPERA PALAESTINAE; VIPERA RADDEI; VIPERA XANTHINA; VIPERIDAE; VIPERINAE; XANTHINA;

EID: 77951063773     PISSN: 13132989     EISSN: 13132970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.31.261     Document Type: Article

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