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Cranial morphology of Bachia bicolor (Squamata: Gymnophthalmidae) and its postnatal development

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Tarazona, Oscar A., Fabrezi, Marissa, Ramírez-Pinilla, Martha Patricia (2008): Cranial morphology of Bachia bicolor (Squamata: Gymnophthalmidae) and its postnatal development. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 152 (4): 775-792, DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2007.00364.x, URL: https://academic.oup.com/zoolinnean/article-lookup/doi/10.1111/j.1096-3642.2007.00364.x

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