Taxonomic status and morphological variation of Hydrodynastes bicinctus (Hermann, 1804) (Serpentes: Dipsadidae)

Zootaxa

Volumn 4007, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 63-81

  Murta Fonseca, Roberta A ^a   Franco, Francisco L ^b   Fernandes, Daniel Silva ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO BUTANTAN   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cephalic glands; External morphology; Hemipenis; Skull; Species boundaries

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISPERSAL; ANIMAL STRUCTURES; BODY SIZE; CLASSIFICATION; COLUBRIDAE; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MALE; ORGAN SIZE;

ANIMAL DISTRIBUTION; ANIMAL STRUCTURES; ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; COLUBRIDAE; FEMALE; MALE; ORGAN SIZE;

EID: 84940970112     PISSN: 11755326     EISSN: 11755334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4007.1.4     Document Type: Article

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