A Comparative Morphological Study of the Vertebrae of Snakes Occurring in Japan and Adjacent Regions
2007
IKEDA, Tadahiro
A comparative study was carried out on the vertebral morphology of 54 species and subspecies of snakes from Japan and a few other East and Southeast Asian countries. My purpose was to establish a character table for identification of Cenozoic fossil snake vertebrae frequently found in these regions. A total of 29 taxonomically useful characters were recognized. The validity of the vertebral features previously proposed to diagnose various snake taxa is examined on the basis of the present results.
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书目信息
Current herpetology
卷
26
期
1
页码
13
- 34
ISSN
1881-1019
出版者
Elsevier Science
其它主题
Comparative morphology; Vertebra; Snake; Taxonomic character
语言
英语
类型
Journal Article; Text
2024-02-27
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