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Ophiotaenia lapata sp. n. (Eucestoda: Proteocephalidea) from Madagascar: a parasite of the endemic snake Madagascarophis colubrinus (Colubridae)

  • 1. Department of Animal Biology, Faculty of Sciences, Antananarivo University, Madagascar.
  • 2. Department of Invertebrates, Natural History Museum, Geneva, Switzerland.

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Rambeloson, Voahirana R., Ranaivoson, Hafaliana C., Chambrier, Alain de (2012): Ophiotaenia lapata sp. n. (Eucestoda: Proteocephalidea) from Madagascar: a parasite of the endemic snake Madagascarophis colubrinus (Colubridae). Revue suisse de Zoologie 119 (4): 547-559, DOI: 10.5962/bhl.part.150205

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