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Redescriptions of the type specimens of synonymous nominal taxa of sea snakes (Serpentes: Elapidae: Hydrophis, Laticauda) at the Zoological Survey of India

  • 1. Zoological Survey of India, Herpetology Division, FPS Building, Indian Museum Complex, Kolkata, West Bengal, India.
  • 2. Chennai Snake Park, Raj Bhavan Post, Chennai 600 022, Tamil Nadu, India.
  • 3. Zoological Survey of India, Herpetology Division, FPS Building, Indian Museum Complex, Kolkata, West Bengal, India. & priyadassi@gmail.com
  • 4. Zoological Survey of India, Herpetology Division, FPS Building, Indian Museum Complex, Kolkata, West Bengal, India. & raghuksc@gmail.com
  • 5. Zoological Survey of India, Herpetology Division, FPS Building, Indian Museum Complex, Kolkata, West Bengal, India. & sujoy167@gmail.com
  • 6. Zoological Survey of India, Herpetology Division, FPS Building, Indian Museum Complex, Kolkata, West Bengal, India. & nilusarkar.sagnik@gmail.com

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Mondal, Sonia, Ganesh, S.R., Sethy, P.G.S., Raghunathan, C., Raha, Sujoy, Sarkar, Sagnik (2022): Redescriptions of the type specimens of synonymous nominal taxa of sea snakes (Serpentes: Elapidae: Hydrophis, Laticauda) at the Zoological Survey of India. Zootaxa 5169 (4): 301-321, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5169.4.1

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