Multilocus phylogeography and species delimitation in the widespread African puff adder (Bitis arietans), and the systematics of the genus Bitis

This thesis reports the results of a systematic investigation of the genus Bitis, Africa's most taxonomically diverse and geographically wid espread genus of viperid snakes, in addition to phylogeographic investigations of its most geographically widespread representative, Bitis orietans. The p...

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Main Author: Barlow, Axel
Published: Bangor University 2012
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.590639