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Morphological similarities between Amphisbaena mitchelli Procter, 1923 and A. miringoera Vanzolini, 1971 (Squamata: Amphisbaenidae): phylogenetic relatedness or morphological convergence?
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Almeida, João Paulo Felix Augusto De, Vechio, Francisco Dal, Jr, Mauro Teixeira, Rodrigues, Miguel Trefaut, Mott, Tamí (2016): Morphological similarities between Amphisbaena mitchelli Procter, 1923 and A. miringoera Vanzolini, 1971 (Squamata: Amphisbaenidae): phylogenetic relatedness or morphological convergence? Zootaxa 4168 (3): 573-576, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4168.3.9
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