A taxonomic revision of boas (Serpentes: Boidae).
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R. ALEXANDER PYRON, R. GRAHAM REYNOLDS & FRANK T. BURBRINK 1 Dept. of Biological Sciences, The George Washington University, 2023 G St. NW, Washington, D.C. 20052; Email: [email protected] 2Dept. of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology & Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, 26 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA 02138; Email: [email protected] 3Dept. of Biology, The Graduate School and University Center, The City University of New York, 365 5th Ave., New York, NY 10016. 4Dept. of Biology, The College of Staten Island, The City University of New York, 2800 Victory Blvd., Staten Island, NY 10314; Email: [email protected] *Correspondence: [email protected]
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Zootaxa
دوره 3846 2 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2014