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Nuclear markers support the mitochondrial phylogeny of Vipera ursinii – renardi complex (Squamata: Viperidae) and species status for the Greek meadow viper

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Mizsei, Edvárd, Jablonski, Daniel, Roussos, Stephanos A., Dimaki, Maria, Ioannidis, Yannis, Nilson, Göran, Nagy, Zoltán T. (2017): Nuclear markers support the mitochondrial phylogeny of Vipera ursinii – renardi complex (Squamata: Viperidae) and species status for the Greek meadow viper. Zootaxa 4227 (1): 75-88, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4227.1.4

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