Hidden diversity in semi-fossorial Melanesian forest snakes: A revision of the Toxicocalamus loriae complex (Squamata, Elapidae) from New Guinea
With its conservative set of scalation characters, Toxicocalamus loriae is a morphologically confusing species to which a wide array of phenotypes has been assigned. Careful analysis of 224 museum specimens reveals that multiple distinct species remain hidden under the name T. loriae and that diagno...
Main Authors: | Fred Kraus, Hinrich Kaiser, Mark O’Shea |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Pensoft
2022-11-01
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Series: | Vertebrate Zoology |
Online Access: | https://vertebrate-zoology.arphahub.com/article/89647/download/pdf/ |
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