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Range extension and extended diagnosis of Lycodon pictus: First country record from China

  • 1. Cologne Zoological Garden, Riehler Strasse 173, D-50735 Cologne, Germany & Institute of Zoology, University of Cologne, Zülpicher Strasse 47b, D-50674 Cologne, Germany
  • 2. Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, No.9 Section 4, Renmin Nan Road, Chengdu, Sichuan, P.R. China, 610041
  • 3. Vietnam National Museum of Nature, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, 18 Hoang Quoc Viet Road, Hanoi, Vietnam
  • 4. Institute of Ecology and Biological Resources, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, 18 Hoang Quoc Viet, Cau Giay, Hanoi, Vietnam & Graduate University of Science and Technology, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, 18 Hoang Quoc Viet, Cau Giay, Hanoi, Vietnam

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Janssen, Helen Yvonne, Jin-Long, Ren, Jia-Tang, Li, Zeng, Wang, Nguyen, Tao Thien, Nguyen, Truong Quang, Bui, Quynh Thi Thuy, Ngo, Hanh Thi, Le, Minh Duc, Ziegler, Thomas (2020): Range extension and extended diagnosis of Lycodon pictus: First country record from China. Revue suisse de Zoologie 127 (2): 413-422, DOI: 10.35929/RSZ.0030

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