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Second specimen of the rare Bornean snakeXenophidion acanthognathus (Xenophidiidae, Serpentes, Reptilia) and confirmation as a distinct species from X. schaeferi

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Fukuyama, Ibuki, Hossman, Mohamad Yazid, Nishikawa, Kanto (2020): Second specimen of the rare Bornean snakeXenophidion acanthognathus (Xenophidiidae, Serpentes, Reptilia) and confirmation as a distinct species from X. schaeferi. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 68: 214-219, DOI: 10.26107/RBZ-2020-0018

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