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Rediscovery and systematics of the rarely encountered Blue-bellied kukri snake (Oligodon melaneus Wall, 1909) from Assam, India

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  • 1. Wildlife Institute of India, Chandrabani, Dehradun 248001, Uttarakhand, India.
  • 2. Department of Life Sciences, Natural History Museum, London SW7 5BD, UK.
  • 3. SMS Centre for Biodiversity and Conservation, Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment (ATREE), Royal Enclave, Srirampura, Bangalore, Karnataka - 560064, India.
  • 4. Bombay Natural History Society, Hornbill House, Dr Salim Ali Chowk, Mumbai, 400001, India.
  • 5. Gyati gaon, Barengabari, Baksa, Assam- 781315.
  • 6. A-88, Yogeshwar Park Society, Tarsali-Makarpura Road, Makarpura, Vadodara- 390010, Gujarat.
  • 7. Department of Life Sciences, Natural History Museum, London SW7 5BD, UK. & Senckenberg Dresden, Königsbrücker Landstrasse 159, 01109 Dresden, Germany.

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Das, Abhijit, Gower, David J., Narayanan, Surya, Pal, Saunak, Boruah, Bitupan, Magar, Sanjay, Das, Sanjib, Moulick, Soumabrata, Deepak, V. (2022): Rediscovery and systematics of the rarely encountered Blue-bellied kukri snake (Oligodon melaneus Wall, 1909) from Assam, India. Zootaxa 5138 (4): 417-430, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5138.4.4

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