A Comparative Morphological Study of the Vertebrae of Snakes Occurring in Japan and Adjacent Regions
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....
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Veröffentlicht in: | Current Herpetology 2007-06, Vol.26 (1), p.13-34 |
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Zusammenfassung: | 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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ISSN: | 1345-5834 1881-1019 1881-1019 |
DOI: | 10.3105/1345-5834(2007)26[13:ACMSOT]2.0.CO;2 |