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Multilocus phylogeny, natural history traits and classification of natricine snakes (Serpentes: Natricinae)

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Deepak, V, Cooper, Natalie, Poyarkov, Nikolay A, Kraus, Fred, Burin, Gustavo, Das, Abhijit, Narayanan, Surya, Streicher, Jeffrey W, Smith, Sarah-Jane, Gower, David J (2022): Multilocus phylogeny, natural history traits and classification of natricine snakes (Serpentes: Natricinae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 195 (1): 279-298, DOI: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlab099, URL: https://academic.oup.com/zoolinnean/article/195/1/279/6446347

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