Contributions to a review of the dendrelaphis pictus (Gmelin, 1789) complex (Serpentes: Colubridae) 3. the indian forms, with the description of a new species from the western ghats

Journal of Herpetology

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 100-110

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

^a Society for Southeast Asian Herpetology   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c NONE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLUBRIDAE; DENDRELAPHIS; DENDRELAPHIS PICTUS; SERPENTES;

EID: 79952924633     PISSN: 00221511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1670/09-035.1     Document Type: Article

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