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A new snake of the genus Dendrelaphis Boulenger, 1890 (Squamata: Colubridae) from the coastal area of southern Vietnam

  • 1. Institute of Tropical Biology, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, 85 Tran Quoc Toan St., Dist. 3, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam & Graduate University of Science and Technology, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, 18 Hoang Quoc Viet Road, Hanoi, Vietnam
  • 2. Institute of Tropical Biology, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, 85 Tran Quoc Toan St., Dist. 3, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
  • 3. Indo-Myanmar Conservation, No. 1806, C14 Bac Ha Building, To Huu St., Tu Liem Dist., Hanoi, Vietnam nguyenluanbio@gmail.com; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4663-125X
  • 4. Faculty of Environmental and Food Engineering, Nguyen Tat Thanh University, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
  • 5. Department of Biology, University of Science, Hue University, 77 Nguyen Hue St., Hue City, Vietnam
  • 6. Laboratory of Herpetological Diversity and Evolution, Kunming Institute of Zoology, CAS, China
  • 7. Reptilia Zoo and Education Centre, 2501 Rutherford Rd Vaughan, ON, Canada L4K 2N6

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Nguyen, Sang Ngoc, Nguyen, Vu Dang Hoang, Le, Manh Van, Nguyen, Luan Thanh, Vo, Thi-Dieu-Hien, Vo, Ba Dinh, Che, Jing, Murphy, Robert W. (2023): A new snake of the genus Dendrelaphis Boulenger, 1890 (Squamata: Colubridae) from the coastal area of southern Vietnam. Zootaxa 5318 (1): 130-144, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5318.1.6, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5318.1.6

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