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Chance, luck and a fortunate finding: a new species of watersnake of the genus Helicops Wagler, 1828 (Serpentes: Xenodontinae), from the Brazilian Pantanal wetlands
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Moraes-Da-Silva, Antonio, Amaro, Renata Cecília, Sales Nunes, Pedro M., Strüssmann, Christine, Junior, Mauro Teixeira, Jr, Albedi Andrade, Sudré, Vinícius, Recoder, Renato, Rodrigues, Miguel Trefaut, Curcio, Felipe Franco (2019): Chance, luck and a fortunate finding: a new species of watersnake of the genus Helicops Wagler, 1828 (Serpentes: Xenodontinae), from the Brazilian Pantanal wetlands. Zootaxa 4651 (3): 445-470, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4651.3.3
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