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Three new endemic species of Epictia Gray, 1845 (Serpentes: Leptotyphlopidae) from the dry forest of northwestern Peru

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Koch, Claudia, Venegas, Pablo J., Böhme, Wolfgang (2015): Three new endemic species of Epictia Gray, 1845 (Serpentes: Leptotyphlopidae) from the dry forest of northwestern Peru. Zootaxa 3964 (2): 228-244, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3964.2.4

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