Reevaluation of the taxonomic status of sand boas of the genus Eryx (Daudin, 1803) (Serpentes: Boidae) in Northeastern Iran

Turkish Journal of Zoology

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 348-356

  Eskandarzadeh, Naeimeh ^a   Darvish, Jamshid ^a   Rastegar Pouyani, Eskandar ^b   Ghassemzadeh, Fereshteh ^a  

^a FERDOWSI UNIVERSITY OF MASHHAD   (Iran)

^b HAKIM SABZEVARI UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Distribution; Eryx; Morphological characters; Northeast Iran

Indexed keywords

MORPHOLOGY; PHYLOGENETICS; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SNAKE; TAXONOMY;

IRAN;

EID: 84878096672     PISSN: 13000179     EISSN: 13036114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3906/zoo-1205-1     Document Type: Article

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