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Cryptic and non-cryptic diversity in New Guinea ground snakes of the genus Stegonotus Duméril, Bibron and Duméril, 1854: a description of four new species (Squamata: Colubridae)

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Ruane, Sara, Richards, Stephen J., McVay, John D., Tjaturadi, Burhan, Krey, Keliopas, Austin, Christopher C. (2017): Cryptic and non-cryptic diversity in New Guinea ground snakes of the genus Stegonotus Duméril, Bibron and Duméril, 1854: a description of four new species (Squamata: Colubridae). Journal of Natural History (J. Nat. Hist.) 52 (13-16): 917-944, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2017.1391959, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2017.1391959

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