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Systematic revision of the Malagasy chameleons Calumma boettgeri and C. linotum (Squamata: Chamaeleonidae)

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Prötzel, David, Ruthensteiner, Bernhard, Scherz, Mark D., Glaw, Frank (2015): Systematic revision of the Malagasy chameleons Calumma boettgeri and C. linotum (Squamata: Chamaeleonidae). Zootaxa 4048 (2): 211-231, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4048.2.4

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