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Carefully examining Bornean Stegonotus (Serpentes, Colubridae): the montane groundsnake population in Sabah is a new and distinct species
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Kaiser, Christine M., Lapin, Jack, O'Shea, Mark, Kaiser, Hinrich (2020): Carefully examining Bornean Stegonotus (Serpentes, Colubridae): the montane groundsnake population in Sabah is a new and distinct species. Zootaxa 4894 (1): 53-68, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4894.1.2
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