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Two new species of ground-dwelling Cyrtodactylus (Geckoella) from the Mysore Plateau, south India

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Agarwal, Ishan (2016): Two new species of ground-dwelling Cyrtodactylus (Geckoella) from the Mysore Plateau, south India. Zootaxa 4193 (2): 228-244, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4193.2.2

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