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A new species of Rhinophis Hemprich, 1820 (Serpentes: Uropeltidae) from the central hills of Sri Lanka
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Mendis Wickramasinghe, L. J., Vidanapathirana, Dulan Ranga, Gehan Rajeev, M. D., Gower, David J. (2017): A new species of Rhinophis Hemprich, 1820 (Serpentes: Uropeltidae) from the central hills of Sri Lanka. Zootaxa 4263 (1): 153-164, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4263.1.7
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