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A new genus and species of mud snake from Myanmar (Reptilia, Squamata Homalopsidae)

  • 1. Senckenberg Forschungsinstitut und Naturmuseum, Senckenberganlage 25, 60325 Frankfurt a.M., Germany.
  • 2. Senckenberg Forschungsinstitut und Naturmuseum, Senckenberganlage 25, 60325 Frankfurt a.M., Germany. & papakhaing@web.de; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5926-4794
  • 3. East Yangon University, Thanlyin, Yangon, Myanmar. & nilarthan65@gmail.com; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1098-7406
  • 4. LOEWE Centre for Translational Biodiversity Genomics (LOEWE-TBG), Senckenberganlage 25, 60325 Frankfurt a.M., Germany. Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre, Georg-Voigt-Strasse 14-16, 60325 Frankfurt a.M., Germany. & damian.baranski@senckenberg.de; https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9671-0565
  • 5. LOEWE Centre for Translational Biodiversity Genomics (LOEWE-TBG), Senckenberganlage 25, 60325 Frankfurt a.M., Germany. Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre, Georg-Voigt-Strasse 14-16, 60325 Frankfurt a.M., Germany. & tilman.schell@senckenberg.de; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6431-6018
  • 6. LOEWE Centre for Translational Biodiversity Genomics (LOEWE-TBG), Senckenberganlage 25, 60325 Frankfurt a.M., Germany. Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre, Georg-Voigt-Strasse 14-16, 60325 Frankfurt a.M., Germany.
  • 7. Senckenberg Forschungsinstitut und Naturmuseum, Senckenberganlage 25, 60325 Frankfurt a.M., Germany. & LOEWE Centre for Translational Biodiversity Genomics (LOEWE-TBG), Senckenberganlage 25, 60325 Frankfurt a.M., Germany. Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre, Georg-Voigt-Strasse 14-16, 60325 Frankfurt a.M., Germany.

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Köhler, Gunther, Khaing, Khin Pa Pa, Than, Ni Lar, Baranski, Damian, Schell, Tilman, Greve, Carola, Janke, Axel, Pauls, Steffen U. (2021): A new genus and species of mud snake from Myanmar (Reptilia, Squamata Homalopsidae). Zootaxa 4915 (3): 301-325, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4915.3.1

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