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A new species of swamp-dwelling skink (Tytthoscincus) from Singapore and Peninsular Malaysia

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Grismer, L. Lee, Wood, Perry L., Jr, Lim, Kelvin K. P., Liang, Lim J. (2017): A new species of swamp-dwelling skink (Tytthoscincus) from Singapore and Peninsular Malaysia. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 65: 574-584, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5358017

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