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A new Indian species of Rhinophis Hemprich, 1820 closely related to R. sanguineus Beddome, 1863 (Serpentes: Uropeltidae)
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- 1. Department of Life Sciences, The Natural History Museum, London SW7 5BD, UK & Department of Genetics, Evolution and Environment, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, UK
- 2. Wayanad Wild, Lakkidi, Vythiri, Wayanad, Kerala, India
- 3. IISER-TVM Centre for Research and Education in Ecology and Evolution (ICREEE) and School of Biology, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Thiruvananthapuram, Maruthamala P.O. Vithura, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala 695551, India vivek.cyriac@gmail.com; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0465-0452
- 4. Centre for Applied Genetics, Department of Zoology, Bangalore University, Bengaluru, Karnataka, 560056, India venugcaecilian@gmail.com; https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4873-7418
- 5. Department of Life Sciences, The Natural History Museum, London SW7 5BD, UK
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Sampaio, Filipa L., Narayanan, Surya, Cyriac, Vivek Philip, Venu, Govindappa, Gower, David J. (2020): A new Indian species of Rhinophis Hemprich, 1820 closely related to R. sanguineus Beddome, 1863 (Serpentes: Uropeltidae). Zootaxa 4881 (1): 1-24, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4881.1.1
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