Book ID: 36453
NILSON, G. and C.ANDREN
The Mountain Vipers of the Middle East-The Vi- pera Xanthina Complex (Reptilia, Viperidae). 1986. (Bonner Zoologische Monographien, 20). 33 figs. 90 p. gr8vo. Paper bd.
Contents (partly): Material and Measurements/ Statistical Techniques/Analysis of Morphological Characters (Size/ Relative length of tail/Ventrals/ Preventrals/ Subcaudals/ etc.)/ Analyses of Population System(Species-groups/ Morphometric Analyses/ Intraspecific Variation andTaxonomic Considerations)/ Species Account (Vipera albicornita/ Viperabornmuelleri/ Vipera bulgardaghica/ Vipera latifii/ Vipera raddei raddei/ Vipera raddei kurdistanica ssp.n./ Vipera wagneri/ Vipera xanthina)/Key to the Species of the xanthina Complex/ Phylogenetic Relationships/Theories of Evolutionary Patterns/ Future Dispersals/ Occurrence ofSympatric Vipers/ Literature Cited.