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Taxonomic revision of Drymoluber Amaral, 1930 (Serpentes: Colubridae)
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Costa, Henrique Caldeira, Moura, Mário Ribeiro, Feio, Renato Neves (2013): Taxonomic revision of Drymoluber Amaral, 1930 (Serpentes: Colubridae). Zootaxa 3716 (3): 349-394, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3716.3.3
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