Affiliation:
1. Woelwijk 14, 9255 KH, Tytsjerk, The Netherlands
Abstract
Abstract
Consulting the Reptile Database disclosed the absence of an etymology of three enigmatic reptilian (sub-) specific names. An elucidation on behalf of especially non-German-speaking colleagues is provided.
Subject
Animal Science and Zoology,Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
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