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Two new endemic species of Ameiva (Squamata: Teiidae) from the dry forest of northwestern Peru and additional information on Ameiva concolor Ruthven, 1924

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Koch, Claudia, Venegas, Pablo J., Rödder, Dennis, Flecks, Morris, Böhme, Wolfgang (2013): Two new endemic species of Ameiva (Squamata: Teiidae) from the dry forest of northwestern Peru and additional information on Ameiva concolor Ruthven, 1924. Zootaxa 3745 (2): 263-295, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3745.2.6

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