Phylogenetic relationships of the genus Sibynophis (Serpentes: Colubroidea)

Papeis Avulsos de Zoologia

Volumn 52, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 141-149

  Zaher, Hussam ^a   Grazziotin, Felipe G ^a,b   Graboski, Roberta ^a,b   Fuentes, Ricardo G ^a   Sánchez Martinez, Paola ^a   Montingelli, Giovanna G ^a   Zhang, Ya Ping ^c,d   Murphy, Robert W ^c,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^c YUNNAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d KUNMING INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

^e DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Phylogeny; Scaphiodontophis; Sibynophiidae; Sibynophis

Indexed keywords

COLUBROIDEA; LIOPHIDIUM; SCAPHIODONTOPHIS; SERPENTES;

EID: 84861946400     PISSN: 00311049     EISSN: 18070205     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0031-10492012001200001     Document Type: Article

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