Genus-level phylogeny of snakes reveals the origins of species richness in Sri Lanka

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 969-978

  Pyron, R Alexander ^a   Kandambi, H K Dushantha ^b   Hendry, Catriona R ^a   Pushpamal, Vishan ^c   Burbrink, Frank T ^d,e   Somaweera, Ruchira ^f  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b The City University of New York ^*

^c Biologic Environmental Survey ^*  (Sri Lanka)

^d CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^e CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^f Biologic Environmental Survey   (Australia)

Author keywords

Island biogeography; Speciation; Supermatrices; Typhlopidae; Uropeltidae

Indexed keywords

COLUBRINAE; LYCODON; NATRICINAE; SERPENTES; TYPHLOPIDAE; UROPELTIDAE;

EID: 84873147742     PISSN: 10557903     EISSN: 10959513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2012.12.004     Document Type: Article

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