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Who is the red-bearded snake, anyway? Clarifying the taxonomic status of Chironius pyrrhopogon (Wied, 1824) (Serpentes: Colubridae)

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Rodrigues, Miguel Trefaut (2017): Who is the red-bearded snake, anyway? Clarifying the taxonomic status of Chironius pyrrhopogon (Wied, 1824) (Serpentes: Colubridae). Zootaxa 4319 (1): 143-156, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4319.1.7

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