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A new species of the Achalinus rufescens complex (Xenodermidae: Achalinus) from Fujian Province, China

  • 1. College of Life Sciences, Shenyang Normal University, Shenyang 110034, China. & Faculty of Agriculture, Forest and Food Engineering, Yibin University, Yibin 644007, China.
  • 2. Faculty of Agriculture, Forest and Food Engineering, Yibin University, Yibin 644007, China.
  • 3. Collegel of Life Science, Guizhou Normal University, Guiyang 550025, China.
  • 4. Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu, China.
  • 5. College of Life Sciences, Shenyang Normal University, Shenyang 110034, China.

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Li, Ke, Wu, Ya-Yong, Xu, Rui-Ying, Zhu, Fei, Ren, Jin-Long, Guo, Peng, Dong, Bing- Jun (2021): A new species of the Achalinus rufescens complex (Xenodermidae: Achalinus) from Fujian Province, China. Zootaxa 5026 (2): 239-254, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5026.2.5

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