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Additions to Philippine Slender Skinks of the Brachymeles bonitae Complex (Reptilia: Squamata: Scincidae) I: a new species from Lubang Island

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Geheber, Aaron D., Davis, Drew R., Watters, Jessa L., Penrod, Michelle L., Feller, Kathryn D., Davey, Conner S., Ellsworth, Elyse D., Flanagan, Rachel L., Heitz, Brendan B., Moore, Tana, Nguyen, Marie D. C., Roberts, Austyn, Sutton, John, Sanguila, Marites B., Linkem, Charles W., Brown, Rafe M., Siler, Cameron D. (2016): Additions to Philippine Slender Skinks of the Brachymeles bonitae Complex (Reptilia: Squamata: Scincidae) I: a new species from Lubang Island. Zootaxa 4132 (1): 1-14, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4132.1.1

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