A new genus and new tribe for enicognathus melanauchen jan, 1863, a neglected South American snake (colubridae: Xenodontinae), with taxonomic notes on some dipsadinae

American Museum Novitates

Volumn , Issue 3715, 2011, Pages 1-33

  Myers, Charles W ^a  

^a DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

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EID: 79956131434     PISSN: 00030082     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1206/3715.2     Document Type: Article

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