Species diversity in the genus emydocephalus Krefft, 1869 (serpentes, elapidae, hydrophiinae): Insight from morphology and anatomy

Herpetological Review

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 285-290

  Rasmussen, Arne R ^a   Ineich, Ivan ^b  

^a Kunstakademiets Arkitektskole   (Denmark)

^b MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELAPIDAE; EMYDOCEPHALUS; HYDROPHIIDAE; SERPENTES;

EID: 77958144742     PISSN: 0018084X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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