Studies on the Genus Kalicephalus in Snakes.
The state of systematics in the genus Kalicephalus and the taxonomic characters used by previous authors are discussed. Several suggestions are offered as to the value of various taxonomic characters. The North American species are reviewed and three are redescribed, several formerly recognized spec...
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McGill University
1955
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| Online Access: | http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=110061 |
| Summary: | The state of systematics in the genus Kalicephalus and the taxonomic characters used by previous authors are discussed. Several suggestions are offered as to the value of various taxonomic characters. The North American species are reviewed and three are redescribed, several formerly recognized species are reduced to synonomy and a key to the North American species is provided. |
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