Molecular Phylogeny of the Snake Genus Oligodon (Serpentes: Colubridae), with an Annotated Checklist and Key

The snake genus Oligodon, known for its egg-eating feeding behaviour, is a taxonomically and systematically challenging group from South and Southeast Asia. This work provides the first phylogenetic hypothesis for the genus, and includes a checklist and key to the species. I use approximately 1900 b...

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Main Author: Green, Marc
Other Authors: Murphy, Robert W.
Language:en_ca
Published: 2010
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1807/24575