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A new species of Girdled Lizard (Squamata: Cordylidae) from the Serra da Neve Inselberg, Namibe Province, southwestern Angola
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Marques, Mariana P., Ceríaco, Luis M. P., Stanley, Edward L., Bandeira, Suzana A., Agarwal, Ishan, Bauer, Aaron M. (2019): A new species of Girdled Lizard (Squamata: Cordylidae) from the Serra da Neve Inselberg, Namibe Province, southwestern Angola. Zootaxa 4668 (4): 503-524, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4668.4.4
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