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Morphometric analysis of the Rio Apaporis Caiman (Reptilia, Crocodylia, Alligatoridae)
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Escobedo-Galván, Armando H., Velasco, Julián A., González-Maya, José F., Resetar, Alan (2015): Morphometric analysis of the Rio Apaporis Caiman (Reptilia, Crocodylia, Alligatoridae). Zootaxa 4059 (3): 541-554, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4059.3.6
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