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Systematics of the caecilian family Chikilidae (Amphibia: Gymnophiona) with the description of three new species of Chikila from northeast India

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Kamei, Rachunliu G., Gower, David J., Wilkinson, Mark, Biju, S. D. (2013): Systematics of the caecilian family Chikilidae (Amphibia: Gymnophiona) with the description of three new species of Chikila from northeast India. Zootaxa 3666 (4): 401-435, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3666.4.1

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