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A new species of Plestiodon (Squamata: Scincidae) from the Balsas Basin, Mexico
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Pavón-Vázquez, Carlos J., Oca, Adrián Nieto-Montes De, Mendoza-Hernández, Andrés A., Centenero-Alcalá, Eric, Santa Cruz-Padilla, Samuel A., Jiménez-Arcos, Víctor H. (2017): A new species of Plestiodon (Squamata: Scincidae) from the Balsas Basin, Mexico. Zootaxa 4365 (2): 149-172, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4365.2.3
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