Systematics, distribution and ecology of the snakes of Jordan

Vertebrate Zoology

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 179-266

  Amr, Zuhair S ^a   Disi, Ahmad M ^b  

^a JORDAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Jordan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JORDAN   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Conservation; Distribution; Ecology; Jordan; Reptiles; Snakes; Squamata; Systematics; Zoogeography

Indexed keywords

ATRACTASPIDIDAE; BOIDAE; CERASTES; COLUBER; COLUBRIDAE; DABOIA; ECHIS; EIRENIS; ELAPIDAE; ERYX JACULUS; HEMORRHOIS; LEPTOTYPHLOPIDAE; LEPTOTYPHLOPS; LYTORHYNCHUS; MACROVIPERA; MALPOLON; NATRIX; PLATYCEPS; PSAMMOPHIS; PSEUDOCERASTES; REPTILIA; SERPENTES; SPALEROSOPHIS; SQUAMATA; TELESCOPUS; TYPHLOPIDAE; VIPERIDAE; WALTERINNESIA AEGYPTIA;

EID: 84921979415     PISSN: 18645755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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