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The skull of the gymnophthalmid lizard Neusticurus ecpleopus (Reptilia: Squamata)

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Bell, C. J., Evans, S. E., Maisano, J. A. (2003): The skull of the gymnophthalmid lizard Neusticurus ecpleopus (Reptilia: Squamata). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 139 (2): 283-304, DOI: 10.1046/j.1096-3642.2003.00077.x, URL: https://academic.oup.com/zoolinnean/article-lookup/doi/10.1046/j.1096-3642.2003.00077.x

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