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Two new species of monitor lizards (Squamata: Varanus) endemic to the Louisiade and Tanimbar Archipelagos with a key to the subgenus Euprepiosaurus
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Weijola, Valter, Kraus, Fred (2023): Two new species of monitor lizards (Squamata: Varanus) endemic to the Louisiade and Tanimbar Archipelagos with a key to the subgenus Euprepiosaurus. Journal of Natural History 57 (13-16): 947-975, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2023.2218574, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2023.2218574
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