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A new species of Riama Gray, 1858 (Squamata: Gymnophthalmidae) from the Tropical Andes

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Aguirre-Peñafiel, Vanessa, Torres-Carvajal, Omar, Sales Nunes, Pedro M., Peck, Mika R., Maddock, Simon T. (2014): A new species of Riama Gray, 1858 (Squamata: Gymnophthalmidae) from the Tropical Andes. Zootaxa 3866 (2): 246-260, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3866.2.4

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