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Morphological and molecular review of Jacob's Mountain Stream Keelback Opisthotropis jacobi Angel & Bourret, 1933 (Squamata: Natricidae) with description of a sibling species from northern Vietnam

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Ziegler, Thomas, David, Patrick, Ziegler, Tim N., Pham, Cuong T., Nguyen, Truong Q., Le, Minh D. (2018): Morphological and molecular review of Jacob's Mountain Stream Keelback Opisthotropis jacobi Angel & Bourret, 1933 (Squamata: Natricidae) with description of a sibling species from northern Vietnam. Zootaxa 4374 (4): 476-496, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4374.4.2

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