Systematics of the snake genera Stenophis and Lycodryas from Madagascar and the Comoros

Zoologica Scripta

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 426-435

  Nagy, Zoltán T ^a   Glaw, Frank ^b   Vences, Miguel ^c  

^a ROYAL BELGIAN INSTITUTE OF NATURAL SCIENCES   (Belgium)

^b ZOOLOGISCHE STAATSSAMMLUNG   (Germany)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SERPENTES; STENOPHIS;

EID: 77955751239     PISSN: 03003256     EISSN: 14636409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-6409.2010.00435.x     Document Type: Article

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