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A new species of Dryocalamus (Serpentes: Colubridae) endemic to the rainforests of southwestern Sri Lanka

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Vidanapathirana, L.J. Mendis Wickramasinghe Dulan Ranga, Pushpamal, Vishan, Wickramasinghe, Nethu (2020): A new species of Dryocalamus (Serpentes: Colubridae) endemic to the rainforests of southwestern Sri Lanka. Zootaxa 4748 (2): 248-260, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4748.2.2

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