Redescription of the southernmost snake species, Bothrops ammodytoides (Serpentes: Viperidae: Crotalinae)

Amphibia Reptilia

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 323-338

  Carrasco, Paola A ^a   Leynaud, Gerardo C ^a   Scrocchi, Gustavo J ^b  

^a CENTRO DE ZOOLOGÍA APLICADA   (Argentina)

^b FUNDACIÓN MIGUEL LILLO   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Bothrops ammodytoides; cranial osteology; distribution; hemipenis; lepidosis; morphological comparisons

Indexed keywords

ARID REGION; ENDEMIC SPECIES; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; HABITAT TYPE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SEA LEVEL; SEMIARID REGION; SNAKE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TAXONOMY;

ARGENTINA;

BOTHROCOPHIAS MICROPHTHALMUS; BOTHROPS; BOTHROPS ALTERNATUS; BOTHROPS AMMODYTOIDES; BOTHROPS PICTUS; CROTALINAE; SERPENTES; VIPERIDAE;

EID: 77954693387     PISSN: 01735373     EISSN: 15685381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156853810791769491     Document Type: Article

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