On the discovery and origin of a Javan population of the Indochinese colubrid snake Dendrelaphis subocularis (Boulenger, 1888): A multivariate study

Contributions to Zoology

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 85-92

  van Rooijen, Johan ^a,b   Vogel, Gernot ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b Tulpentuin 313   (Netherlands)

^c Society for Southeast Asian Herpetology   (Germany)

Author keywords

Indochina; Java; Sweepstake dispersal; Taxonomy; Vicariance

Indexed keywords

COLUBRIDAE; DENDRELAPHIS;

EID: 77958090176     PISSN: 13834517     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/18759866-07903001     Document Type: Article

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