A new species of the genus Lycodon Boie, 1826 from Laos (Squamata: Colubridae)

North-Western Journal of Zoology

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 344-352

  Vogel, Gernot ^a   Nguyen, Truong Quang ^b,d   Kingsada, Phouthone ^c   Ziegler, Thomas ^d  

^a Society for Southeast Asian Herpetology   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY AND BIOLOGICAL RESOURCES   (Viet Nam)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF LAOS   (Laos)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Colubrinae; Laos; Lycodon davidi spec. Nov; Lycodon ruhstrati group; Oriental region; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84869037059     PISSN: 15849074     EISSN: 18435629     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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