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Revision of the genus Lepidoblepharis (Reptilia: Squamata: Sphaerodactylidae) in Central America, with the description of three new species
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Batista, Abel, Ponce, Marcos, Vesely, Milan, Mebert, Konrad, Hertz, Andreas, Köhler, Gunther, Carrizo, Arcadio, Lotzkat, Sebastian (2015): Revision of the genus Lepidoblepharis (Reptilia: Squamata: Sphaerodactylidae) in Central America, with the description of three new species. Zootaxa 3994 (2): 187-221, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3994.2.2
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