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A new species of Boiga (Serpentes: Colubridae) from the Southern Western Ghats of India with a molecular phylogeny and expanded characterisation of related species

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  • 1. Chennai Snake Park, Rajbhavan post, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
  • 2. Centre for Ecological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India & https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5148-2199
  • 3. Centre for Ecological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India & http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0570-3330
  • 4. Centre for Ecological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India & https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4856-0093
  • 5. Society for South East Asian Herpetology, Im Sand-3, Heidelberg, Germany

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Ganesh, S.R., Mallik, Ashok Kumar, Achyuthan, N.S., Shanker, Kartik, Vogel, Gernot (2021): A new species of Boiga (Serpentes: Colubridae) from the Southern Western Ghats of India with a molecular phylogeny and expanded characterisation of related species. Zootaxa 4981 (3): 449-468, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4981.3.2

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https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/5902
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urn:lsid:plazi.org:pub:89296B16C6559464FFAED169FFBFFE0B
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http://publication.plazi.org/id/89296B16C6559464FFAED169FFBFFE0B

Cites
Publication: 10.1080/07924259.2002.9652727 (DOI)
Publication: 10.1080/21658005.2018.1499237 (DOI)
Publication: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaa090 (DOI)
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Taxonomic treatment: 10.5281/zenodo.4921710 (DOI)
Taxonomic treatment: http://treatment.plazi.org/id/7510136EC651946CFF39D3BEFA88F98B (URL)
Taxonomic treatment: 10.5281/zenodo.5047171 (DOI)
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Taxonomic treatment: 10.5281/zenodo.5047173 (DOI)
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Taxonomic treatment: 10.5281/zenodo.4921712 (DOI)
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Dataset: http://table.plazi.org/id/A9C6F2F0C6589469FF39D1FEFA3CFEA4 (URL)
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Dataset: https://www.gbif.org/dataset/6ffd5230-62fe-4c49-922a-9fe3ccd0f77f (URL)

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