The dispersal centres of terrestrial vertebrates in the Neotropical realm.
Subtitle: A study in the evolution of the Neotropical biota and its native landscapes.
Series: Biogeographica, v. 2
Publisher: Junk
Published: 1973
Place of publication: The Hague
Language: eng; ger
Number of pages: 244
Subjects: Zoogeography -- Latin America.
Description: Crotalus durissus is a polytipic species of rattelsnake which, in contrast to Lachesis mutus, strictly avoids rain forest. If the ranges of the subspecies of this Crotalid are consedered, two are found on islands i.e. Crotalus durissus marajoensis on Marajó and Crotalus durissus unicolor on Aruba (p. 166). - There is a list of the fauna inhabited on Aruba, Curaçao and Bonaire (p. 59-60).
Notes: Bibliography: p. 207-244.
Dissertation--University of the Saarland, 1970.
Translated from the German.